Why would I want a support that has a kit that gives weak movement speed buff (that can be provided by Nami), a heal with a shield (which again, without the shield, can be provided by Nami or Soraka), a poke/attack damage buff (which again, there are so many other supports that can poke better or have Janna for extra AD) and her only form of CC being her ult, which can be cleansed by CC?
And don't get me started on how item dependent she is. "Build Lich Bane" they say. "Sona is really good with Lich Bane".
If a fucking support needs damage items to unlock her true potential on a support income, then no, I'm sorry. That's utterly worthless and a detriment to the team.
Fuck Sona. Fuck her as a champion.
I can tell you've probably been playing in silver or something and you probably picked some weird ideas. Before I go through my points, I'll just say this. Sona isn't really super strong or weak, she's pretty average (she's like around the #15 spot for every division, which is pretty high though).
1. Sona is the best support for trading in 2v2. That's the reason she's picked.
2. She's not the best in a specific aspect etc healing/poking, she's a jack of all trades.
3. She's item independent, and hardly needs any AP to function properly. Items like Mikael's Crucible and Locket of the Iron Solari are good on her.
4. The fact that her ult can be QSSed or cleansed isn't really a valid argument. Most CC can be QSSed.
5. Windspeaker's blessing significantly increased her effectiveness when it came out.
6. She has a lot of matchups where she just crushes. Janna, Morg, Lulu, Thresh etc.
