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Sona Wild Rift champion guide

Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
Maven of the Strings
Official role
SUPPORT, MAGE
Lane
Support
Difficulty
Low
Source tier
S

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE Power Chord

After 3 spell casts, Sona's next attack will deal bonus magic damage and stun the target.

1 Hymn of Valor

Sona plays the Hymn of Valor, sends out bolts of sound, dealing magic damage to two nearby enemies, prioritizing champions and monsters. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allies tagged by the zone bonus damage on their next attack against enemies.

2 Aria of Perseverance

Sona plays the Aria of Perseverance, sending out protective melodies, healing Sona and a nearby wounded ally. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allies tagged by the zone a temporary shield.

3 Song of Celerity

Sona plays the Song of Celerity, granting nearby allies bonus Movement Speed. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allied champions tagged by the zone bonus Movement Speed.

ULTIMATE Crescendo

Passive: Sona’s halo strengthens, providing higher buffs. Sona’s ultimate chord advances slowly to the target point, dealing damage on its way. Every enemy hit for the first time is stunned.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Tear of the Goddess
  2. Ardent Censer
  3. Harmonic Echo
  4. Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.

Quick answers

Who counters Sona in Wild Rift?

In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Sona: Blitzcrank (Support), Pyke (Support), Leona (Support), Nautilus (Support), Brand (Mid). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.

How do you play against Sona in Wild Rift?

Riot's ability text for Sona describes a shield in Aria of Perseverance (ability 2); healing or regeneration in Aria of Perseverance (ability 2). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Sona is, so read the full descriptions on this page.

What is the best build for Sona in Wild Rift?

The Nexus-reviewed core build for Sona, in purchase order: Tear of the Goddess then Ardent Censer then Harmonic Echo then Ionian Boots of Lucidity. Runes: Aery, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Transcendence. Situational swaps: against enemy crowd control: Mikael's Blessing. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.

Which lane and role does Sona play in Wild Rift?

Sona is a Support and Mage by Riot's classification and is played in Support. Riot rates the difficulty Low. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows S tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.

Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.

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