God fucking damnit, I was so looking forward to trying Leblanc, Zilean is free this week, so I was happy about that too, they even nerfed Corki, which was a huge relief.
BUT THEN I SEE THIS.
Sona
* All aura durations reduced to 2 seconds from 3
* All aura buff durations reduced to 0.25 seconds from 1
* Hymn of Valor
o Attack damage and ability power aura reduced to 6/8/10/12/14 from 8/11/14/17/20
o Mana cost increased to 65/70/75/80/85 from 55/60/65/70/75
* Song of Celerity
o Active movement speed boost reduced to 8/10/12/14/16 from 8/11/14/17/20
o Mana cost increased to 65/70/75/80/85 from 55/60/65/70/75
* Aria of Perseverance mana cost increased to 65/70/75/80/85 from 55/60/65/70/75
* Crescendo range reduced to 1000 from 1100
Sona is my main champion, and the ONLY champion I actually have purchased, so this is terrible for me.
Facking hell, I ran out of goddamn Mana fast enough, now it’s even faster?!?!? WHY?!?!? WHYYYYYY?!!??!?! I swear to god, Mana was the biggest issue I had playing as Sona and now she’s even more difficult to play? Fuck that, I’m buying Leblanc. In other news, Lux got buffed. ~_~ wooh.
EDIT:
Someone on the forums actually understands.
People championing these Sona nerfs don’t understand that she has a global 2 sec cooldown on all her abilities whenever she uses one. These nerfs pretty much destroy her usefulness except as an occasional AOE team stunner.
Aura durations -or- damage/benefits needed to be toned down, not both.
^ THIS.
The mana increase is completely ridiculous! Low mana cost is what makes her abilities spammable (her job). Now 10 mana increase would mean that 10 abilities cost 100 EXTRA FREAKING MANA. Some nerfs are too ridiculous.
I completely agree. :/ It’s stupid, they should’ve made one or two minor nerfs BUT NO THEY NERF EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT HER.
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Yeah … Sona use to be my Main until they Fking nerfed her It wasn’t a good surprise when I logged in and saw that update with Her being nerfed.
I mean now Sona’s useless or almost. After the nerf I was on a Losing streak with her instead of wining. *sigh* well it sounds like Sona won’t show up in any other games from now on.
Almost useless is probably it. She’s good near the start of the game I suppose, but I’m finding she’s worse and worse as the game continues now. You’d think it’d be the other way around. :/
Sona was my main champion for Summoner’s rift.
I am really disappointed about the Nerf. I do think that she WAS excessively powerful on Summoner’s Rift, and only on that map. In fact, when the new, larger, less team fight oriented map (Magma chamber) comes out, I’m sure we’d see that Sona was totally weak in that map. She’s not terrible on Twisted treeline, because of her powerful early game, but it is only during 5-5 team fights that she really shines. It’s my opinion that Summoner’s rift should allow Support characters to be OP. Twisted Treeline Fighter characters are OP. And on Magma chamber maybe Stealth will be OP, who knows? It’s not like Sona was appearing too much…
I’m just really sad about about this, because when the new map comes out and she’s even worse, it’s not like they are going to take the nerf back.
I completely agree. Summoner’s rift is really a combat based map, meant for ganks, battle, not so much strategy like Magma Chamber. I really hope that they’ll adjust Sona a LITTLE :/ Like keep the rest of the nerfs, but take away the added mana cost. Just recall SOMETHING from the goddamn nerf. T_T; I’m using her less and less since I just got Ezreal and Leblanc and the nerf…
I know this is a bit late but I’m mainly a Sona player (one of the few I purchased) and the nerfs really suck. I was hoping with the new january patch they would buff her again but NO. Thanks for nothing RIOT.