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Sona vs Janna

Sona
vs
46.9%

over 145 games

Janna
Analyze a draft with Sona

Skill matchup

Heavy AP damageHeavy shieldingHeavy CCHeavy poke

Build vs Janna

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Sona: Tear of the Goddess, Echoes of Helia, Diadem of Songs, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Bloodsong, Moonstone Renewer, Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water.

Starting items

Health Potion
x2

Core build

Tear of the Goddess
1
Echoes of Helia
2
Diadem of Songs
3

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Bloodsong
5

Summoner spells

FlashHeal85%
ExhaustFlash11%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Bloodsong
Moonstone Renewer
Dream Maker
Staff of Flowing Water
Seraph's Embrace
Fimbulwinter
Celestial Opposition
Dark Seal
Ardent Censer
Oblivion Orb
Dawncore
Shurelya's Battlesong
Redemption
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike
Mikael's Blessing
Mejai's Soulstealer
Jak'Sho, The Protean
SorcerySorcery
Summon AerySummon Aery
Manaflow BandManaflow Band
TranscendenceTranscendence
Gathering StormGathering Storm
ResolveResolve
ConditioningConditioning
RevitalizeRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Janna's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Tailwind (P)

Janna's allies gain Move Speed moving towards her.Janna deals a portion of bonus Move Speed as bonus magic damage on hit and with Zephyr.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
314s8s16s–
614s8s16s2m10
914s7.5s16s2m10
1114s7s16s1m55
1614s6s14s1m40
1814s6s12s1m40

Playing as Sona

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Choose your last spell

    Choose the spell you cast before Power Chord (passive): after Hymn of Valor (Q), the auto deals more damage, and after Aria of Perseverance (W), it weakens the target.

  2. Tag your allies with your aura

    After each spell, move close to your allies: your aura gives them a damage, shield or speed bonus depending on the spell.

  3. Build up Accelerando

    Hit champions with Hymn of Valor (Q) and shield allies with Aria of Perseverance (W): Power Chord (passive) gives you ability haste, then reduces the cooldown of Crescendo (R).

  4. Crescendo on several enemies

    Save Crescendo (R) for when several enemies are in front of you: it stuns them all and deals damage to them.

Playing against Janna

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Don't trade into her shield

    Avoid trading while her ally has Eye Of The Storm (E): the shield absorbs your damage and gives them AD.

  2. Engage twice

    Bait out Howling Gale (Q) or Monsoon (R) with a first engage, then re-engage right away: one has a 14-second cooldown, the other 130 to 100 seconds.

  3. Cancel her Monsoon heal

    If you have CC, save it for Monsoon (R): after the knockback, she heals her allies as long as she stands still, and interrupting her cancels the heal.

Other Sona matchups

Patch 16.21.1