I've been a Sona main for so long and you are absolutely correct about the way to play her, unfortunately most adcs don't understand how aggro she can be and will themselves play super passive 😢
Viktor support is OP offmeta zoning / poke champ. Imperial Mandate is key. Upgraded W synergizes with mandate, as all his abilities slow. Last hit cannons and get takedowns in lane to upgrade abilities early. If losing lane, upgrade W first. If winning lane, Upgrade E first. Phase Rush / Manaflow Band / Celerity / scorch / Presence of Mind / Cut Down.
Sona with a twist? That is the standard way she should have always been built and I always have. She sucks at healing. She can apply "buffs" from items easier to the team, but most of those like Ardent Censor were nerfed into the ground. Her damage output also over the years has been nerfed into the ground to the point it is literally a 10th of what it once was. Real shame.
@@finnrogue9435 I stopped playing Sona after being mostly a main since S4. She is still the best team buffer in the game, but you have to wait until mid to late game to start being useful these days.
"That is the standard way she should have always been built and I always have" Exactly. That's why it's a twist, bc almost nobody plays her like that. It's the standard way she *should* be built, but not the standard way of how she's *actually* built
@@docgiggsI really miss AP Sona from ss3-8 man, before she got nerf to the ground since ss9, shot-gun Sona turn ADC into dust from 100 to 0 with only Q+AA
@@lanhnhusuong8583 Yep. If you used ult + Q + weaved in empowered autos from old lichbane with enough AP it was an easy 4K+ damage in one rotation. Deletion of any squishy and heck a lot of bruisers or tanks. That's why they nerfed her into the ground. Q base damage used to be 250 not 170. AP ratio used to be be higher for the bonus magic damage on hit along with the flat bonus damage. The empowerment bonus damage from the passive also used to be higher with more AP scaling. Lichbane used to have more AP scaling too. The ult used to do more damage and had higher AP scaling. I twas 500 with 100% not 350 with 50%. It also added damage to the Q if you used the ult first as well with 40 points at rank 3. To me she was always a late game mage with extra team utility. She was the crossover between mage and enchanter support. Her downside being not all that mobile most of the game and super squishy with the lowest hp pool and hp scaling in the game of any champ at one point. That and she isn't really that long range and has to be in the thick of the fight to be useful. Any decent assassin could destroy her late game still if Sona was without Zhonyas. I felt she was more balanced with more damage back in the day.
This is how I love to play Sona, but my ADCs always ping me like crazy to be careful. Of course, sometimes they're right and I'm being too greedy with my pokes, but still... like I'm not just gonna sit there and spam W on them.
tbh I always build her bloodsong, archangels and the moment you have ludens, the harass and poke is just so good af and after that I just go dawncore or ardent and then echoes lol and its pretty much good tbh...
I mean it works but not sure in high elo, i m otp sona high elo and the sup build will always be better i think, but in lower elo i think it can be a good carry build but you need to hard win early game for the gold.
I mean even in this game I didn't have THAT many kills -- it was more a matter of playing aggressively + itemization. My ADC had way more kills than me.
Yay I'm in the 1% ^_^ Sona is one of my mains and people love me. If I played as a passive healbot . . . I mean not only is that not fun, it's just not it. That's why Yuumi isn't as fun as she used to be, it used to be worth it to hop off and attack, now you just poke and shield. It's boring. She's great for winrates if you know how to play her, sure, but she's not fun. There's not fun plays anymore, you just get to exist and die if who you're on makes a bad play. Bleh.
öhm sorry but sona just counters shaco?? always this videos about how op sth is and yes u can soraka vs panth / sona vs shaco (only 65% winrate for sona)
This is so useful. ioki is the best sup teacher ever
I've been a Sona main for so long and you are absolutely correct about the way to play her, unfortunately most adcs don't understand how aggro she can be and will themselves play super passive 😢
Not me checking the scoreboard immediately after the video cuts in case that Shaco trap play got him killed lol 😅
CMON i would never ;)
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Viktor support is OP offmeta zoning / poke champ. Imperial Mandate is key. Upgraded W synergizes with mandate, as all his abilities slow.
Last hit cannons and get takedowns in lane to upgrade abilities early.
If losing lane, upgrade W first. If winning lane, Upgrade E first.
Phase Rush / Manaflow Band / Celerity / scorch / Presence of Mind / Cut Down.
brilliant, thanks!
Sadly, there is going to be a Viktor rework soon... Hopefully they don't completely change his kit to forsake this interaction with Mandate >.>
SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA SONA
So nah und doch so fern?
@@MrPawnyou what?
@@i0kiVids haha it's German I'm sorry .. sona sounds like so nah translate to so near I'm just a random guy ❤️
I read this in Bowsers voice when he was singing Peaches
Lichbane Rush Sona was my first support main back in S2. Love to see the aggro Sona come back in 2024.
22:40 Zeri said “Somebody call an ambulance! But not for me 😎”
Glad you play Sona with AP build. I have been waiting for this from beginning of this year.
Babe wake up i0ki uploaded
Sona with a twist? That is the standard way she should have always been built and I always have. She sucks at healing. She can apply "buffs" from items easier to the team, but most of those like Ardent Censor were nerfed into the ground. Her damage output also over the years has been nerfed into the ground to the point it is literally a 10th of what it once was. Real shame.
Her damage is just bad, idk, it's much better to just be safe and build her Moonstone
@@finnrogue9435 I stopped playing Sona after being mostly a main since S4. She is still the best team buffer in the game, but you have to wait until mid to late game to start being useful these days.
"That is the standard way she should have always been built and I always have"
Exactly. That's why it's a twist, bc almost nobody plays her like that.
It's the standard way she *should* be built, but not the standard way of how she's *actually* built
@@docgiggsI really miss AP Sona from ss3-8 man, before she got nerf to the ground since ss9, shot-gun Sona turn ADC into dust from 100 to 0 with only Q+AA
@@lanhnhusuong8583 Yep. If you used ult + Q + weaved in empowered autos from old lichbane with enough AP it was an easy 4K+ damage in one rotation. Deletion of any squishy and heck a lot of bruisers or tanks. That's why they nerfed her into the ground. Q base damage used to be 250 not 170. AP ratio used to be be higher for the bonus magic damage on hit along with the flat bonus damage. The empowerment bonus damage from the passive also used to be higher with more AP scaling. Lichbane used to have more AP scaling too. The ult used to do more damage and had higher AP scaling. I twas 500 with 100% not 350 with 50%. It also added damage to the Q if you used the ult first as well with 40 points at rank 3.
To me she was always a late game mage with extra team utility. She was the crossover between mage and enchanter support. Her downside being not all that mobile most of the game and super squishy with the lowest hp pool and hp scaling in the game of any champ at one point. That and she isn't really that long range and has to be in the thick of the fight to be useful. Any decent assassin could destroy her late game still if Sona was without Zhonyas. I felt she was more balanced with more damage back in the day.
This is a great way to play Sona honestly. I play Aggrona but with RoA instead of Seraphs. Unironically.
"Aggrona" is just too good
@@i0kiVids Take the term. Embrace it. Spread the word of "Aggrona".
Gave Sejuani the Lord of the Flies treatment 😂
Ok i'll give ya a like for that sej ult :P I should take it away for that mid gank tho XD
THE SHMOVEMENT!
loved your gameplay!
"BE BRAVE" is always my motto when I coach new support players.
Combat Sona...YEAH!
"Stop playing the enchanting healing poke champion like a coward!"
I'm dying!! Supposed to flash in all in!!
This is how I love to play Sona, but my ADCs always ping me like crazy to be careful. Of course, sometimes they're right and I'm being too greedy with my pokes, but still... like I'm not just gonna sit there and spam W on them.
I liked this video for the point blank dodge on the Sejuani ult.
10 seconds in and you get a like just for showcasing Full AP Sona ❤
GOD DAMN THAT DODGE! you love to see it 🤩
totally agree with that like request
this ain't your grandma's sona build
tbh I always build her bloodsong, archangels and the moment you have ludens, the harass and poke is just so good af and after that I just go dawncore or ardent and then echoes lol and its pretty much good tbh...
Can’t have bloodsong AND lichbane. Correct? Or no?
@@MiloThatch420 oh my bad! Its supposed to be Ludens! The moment you have bloodsong, Archangels and Ludens...the harass is just good af...
It would’ve been better if you went lich bane first, but it wasn’t a bad build, love to see it 😊
Am i the wierd one for playing Seju support? ^^
Don't think i've seen you ever making a video about it
That was a sick dodge
Did you ever try Enchanter Kayle or judt support Kayle?
clean
FINALLY SONA MY MAIN
I love burst sona, it's hilarious
I mean it works but not sure in high elo, i m otp sona high elo and the sup build will always be better i think, but in lower elo i think it can be a good carry build but you need to hard win early game for the gold.
this build is funny on yuumi too but they removed lethal tempo
By the way, what is it that shows you which items to build? Always wondered.
Ngl i thought the thumbnail is "not a hater"
Yay, Sona is playable again. *sigh*
sometimes when i play sona and i am feeling a bit cheeky. i get lichbane as my 3rd item 😈😈😈😈
I'm Sold.
Are there Ioki vids where he carries by building support or are they all like support kill carry games?
I mean even in this game I didn't have THAT many kills -- it was more a matter of playing aggressively + itemization. My ADC had way more kills than me.
lucky that is a shaco sp
Yay I'm in the 1% ^_^
Sona is one of my mains and people love me. If I played as a passive healbot . . . I mean not only is that not fun, it's just not it. That's why Yuumi isn't as fun as she used to be, it used to be worth it to hop off and attack, now you just poke and shield. It's boring. She's great for winrates if you know how to play her, sure, but she's not fun. There's not fun plays anymore, you just get to exist and die if who you're on makes a bad play. Bleh.
what elo is this? league of overestanding XDD
great kills, great plays, very entertaining
I do Sona tank 😂😂😂
I0ki do you have a channel named Marvel Rival Guides? Be honest pls
mmmmmmaybe
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what runes are you using?
Next to Sona's potrait
öhm sorry but sona just counters shaco?? always this videos about how op sth is and yes u can soraka vs panth / sona vs shaco (only 65% winrate for sona)