League of Legends

[Kaden]

Having played a handful of games with her, I tried both Phreak's build from the spotlight (and other such "support" builds) and also straight AP builds. I think I like the AP a little better. Her ratios are pretty good (I imagine they'll be the first things to get nerfed) and ~200 AP gives her some serious burst, both in healing and damage.

How I rank her skills has largely been dependent on who I'm laned with. If I'm with someone who can push/harass just fine on their own (MF, Urgot, Morde, etc.) I find ranking R>W>E>Q to be the most effective. If I'm laned with someone who needs to focus on farming, Sona can zone really well by ranking R>Q>W>E. The Q hits pretty hard (and since it prioritizes champs, you won't steal CS) and paying attention to your Power Chord procs can give you deceptive amounts of damage. At 2 charges of Power Chord, I found it very effective to auto>Q>power-chord-auto.

Also can't count the number of times I used her ult to save a teammate, interrupt an enemy champ, or CC an enemy team a la Amumu.

EDIT: If you're laned against her, forget poking/harassing. Just farm. The heal has a low enough CD that pokes are virtually meaningless. Like trying to harass Mundo or Mordekaiser.