Sona·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Sona Support build, you should take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Summon Aery as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Revitalize in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Dream Maker as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Echoes of Helia. For your last 3 items, you should build Moonstone Renewer, Dawncore and finish with Staff of Flowing Water. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 56.2% winrate over 998 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Sona Support build would be to take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Echoes of Helia as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Moonstone Renewer, Dawncore and Locket of the Iron Solari. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.9% win rate over 475 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Moonstone Renewer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Echoes of Helia, Archangel's Staff and Locket of the Iron Solari. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 41.9% win rate across 74 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Sona Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Echoes of Helia as third item. The last 3 options are Moonstone Renewer, Staff of Flowing Water and Dawncore. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.5% win rate over 71 matches played.

Situational Sona Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Sona build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.