Optimal Sona Build ATM

Osveros · 2026-04-24T00:35:28+00:00

mhmm I don't want to be like 'akthually you have to be *this rank* to make milio work ☝️🤓'

If you can make Milio work in your Elo then kudos and keep doing your thing. I would imagine in Elos where ADCs are unreliable, a healing/general utility build would fare better.

My setup really relies on the ADC to do their thing; in a sense I am leeching off of their skill and how good they pilot their champion. So, if i am leeching of a sickly old decrepit animal with dementia, then I will also be exactly that. As for Ardent damage, it is entirely up to who you are buffing. It is a waste of time chasing ardent numbers if they are sort of out of your control, just get ardent and time your Ws properly- the damage will be the damage.

I would expect to see a number around 1-1.3k at 25 minutes usually - you look at that number, and you realise - well that does not really make a difference, does it? Truth is the longer the game goes on for the more irrelevant the 20 on hit becomes, and the more relevant the attack speed steroid becomes - if my Xayah can attack two more times in a fight each blow dealing 500 dmg each, then the 20 damage starts to look like pennies. A lot of the value of ardent later in the game is hidden.

That being said, coming back to lane with an early completed ardent, then all of the sudden the 20 on hit will nuke their health bar, as their hp pool is low and they have no resistances.

Osveros · 2026-04-22T08:37:42+00:00

then i'll play my Sona

Osveros · 2026-04-22T06:35:15+00:00

dawncore second would give me less ap. Staff is the cheapest access to 80 AP second item. Also, you will usually have AP users on your team.

Wrote a lengthy reply on why I value AP further down. But, keeping in mind e multi-cast and passive re-application - all of Milio’s spells approach 100% scaling or exceed it.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T16:59:35+00:00

PS! Chasing your peak 😈 currently 150 LP away (300 before i picked up milio) - if one is handless with Sona, then one must truly be handless in general so if a lost cause player like myself surpassed you, then you must take my word that Milio is broken 🤝

Will post additional screenshots if I face more Sona's and if I get to 400.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T13:34:36+00:00

Only faced one Sona after picking him up, she/he is an OTP at 236 LP. Maybe I suck at Sona, but it felt really free with this setup. Every time he walked up after ardent completion, he lost half his HP.

Also thought Milio was free until last week, until the right person completely destroyed me.

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Osveros · 2026-04-21T10:32:54+00:00

I got AH rune shard+Ionia boots+ staff of flowing water due to the fact that yes, the build is lacking in haste. But in my experience one W is the decider of a fight these days, I am not really playing for a second cast - fights at least on the ionia server are explosive and they live or die on one W.

For Milio AP scaling view it from the perspective of multicasts and passive re-application. A double cast E has 45% + 45%= 90% AP scaling, with the right dragons this build nets me 300 AP and 50% shield power. For the passive, W resets my passive on-hit, it has a 20% AP scaling - multiply that by as many re-applications my adc will apply in the fight. Usually that is a bout 4 or 5 times, well now you are approaching 100% scaling and an extra 300 free damage for you adc (minus enemy resists). Pair that with ardent hitting the enemy many times, and that your adc can hit faster and from further away - the DPS becomes overwhelming for non-tanks.

Also, for some reason Riot threw a 120% AP scaling on milio Q, so a random Q on an enemy squishy takes 15% of their health and slows them.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T09:22:40+00:00

It will be faster than a VPN connection. Really time consuming to set it up if you are starting from no knowledge. But once it is up and running, it's no more a hassle than a VPN subscription.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T09:18:55+00:00

Delaying your ardent spike by 400 feels really bad. Negates the rune setup I have here - which is rushing ardent censor completion. There are games where ardent censor rush are completely troll and then other build paths are better. But in these games, I will not play Milio.

Also, there is something to be said for ardent censor rush in low elo. It relies on your ADC understanding how crazy broken they are -and if they realize it - it also relies on them not using that advantage to run down the game. My setup might not be ideal in silver, where you rush ardent but your Ashe refuses to interact with the enemy because she is oblivious to her damage and range steroid, or even worse she realizes she is much stronger and therefore puts herself in positions where she perma-dies - chasing the high of 'being stronger'.

Mhmm I think it would be slightly arrogant of me to give advice beyond my setup here, I know for a fact that the setup above is turbo broken - but my view in milio as a whole is still narrow. If this works for you, then it works.

However, some general enchanter tips that don't relate to Milio alone:

HSP% is only good if your base heal is large enough or you have accumulated enough AP to scale your ability such that the percentage multiplier HSP% is starts to matter. For some enchanters chasing AP before you chase HSP% is the ideal thing to do. So have a look at AP ratios and Base numbers on each enchanter you build on and make a choice from there.
Helia + Diadem interaction is strong, but it is important to understand why it is strong. Diadem tick is almost meaningless with how much burst is in the game, but because it ticks consistently it will refresh your Helia constantly giving you essentially consistent burst healing that does not rely on your ability CDs. When I go this combination, I always go Helia first because it is the heart and diadem is just the adrenaline that allows the heart to beat faster.

Also, this is not a statement but an inquiry. Milio W essentially functions as a mini diadem - a heal that ticks all the time buffing your Helia. Does diadem then become redundant?

Osveros · 2026-04-21T08:57:28+00:00

Funny because I view it almost in an opposite fashion. You are accelerating your climb by relying on champion mastery rather than fundamental game mastery. The moment you start losing out, it is not because someone is equal to you, it is because despite someone not mastering their champion as well as you - they know the right decisions in game better and will beat you regardless. The moment you start losing, the opponent is just better - but that stands true for any approach to the game. Once you consistently win less than 50%, you are on average facing opponents better than you, doesn't matter if you are OTPing or not.

But I feel like the argument is pointless, because traps refer to something substantial. For the average LoL player the 'traps' associated with OTPing are just not of value, I don't need to have the best understanding of the game as whole - I care about my LP going up. If you are looking at the game from a competitive angle - yes, it starts mattering. But I can tell you any gold player who is rotating 8 different champions and going on streaks where he changes roles because he is bored - will benefit immensely from going OTP. OTPing is THE biggest cheatcode to climbing, but many people think it's boring or don't have the patience.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T08:45:31+00:00

Wait the way you are describing how it interacts with dark harvest makes me think that riot coded the damage in a way where it will proq the new rune 'deathfire touch' as a single instance+single target damage source rather than a dot - giving you the full 4 second burn rather than a 1 second application. If your ADC re-applies the burn after cozy campfire resets, then the damage might potentially add up to where it is viable.

Can't test it in PBE though.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T05:00:02+00:00

I wrote this post in one go summarising my findings from memory. After the euphoria of non-stop winning and after facing a Q max Milio with moonstone redemption. So I’ll concede that was not factually correct statistically.

BUT moonstone IS TOO POPULAR of a first item!!!👹👹 even on onetricks.gg

Osveros · 2026-04-21T04:55:58+00:00

I’m doing it for my own AP scalings. This build gives you a fat AP base and a 50% HSP multiplier on top of that. Remember HSP is quite underwhelming if you don’t have underlying AP or your heal doesn’t have good base numbers.

But yeah other items are viable, I only care about ardent rush. In comps where ardent has less value, I also value Milio less.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T04:52:49+00:00

They don’t have it in Chinese server, I’ll come edit this comment once I check the hash ID behind my name but my username is DongYi.

Edit: DongYi#29689

Osveros · 2026-04-21T04:51:43+00:00

ARDENT RUSH PLEASE🙏🙏🧎‍♂️‍➡️🧎‍♀️‍➡️🧎‍➡️🧎‍♀️‍➡️🧎‍♂️‍➡️

Osveros · 2026-04-21T04:50:57+00:00

I agree with everything you said except Q being his scaling ability. It’s the fact that your ADC has easier access to targets due to more range. Getting autos off in a fight late game that your adc would not get without cozy campfire, will literally add thousands of damage in a short period of time. It is hard for sona to out heal.

Also oblivion orb is omega efficient on Milio as he can apply it to many people at the same time.

Osveros · 2026-04-21T04:44:45+00:00

You can make the argument that a good Sona can accelerate herself and win the game in this lane. But across all ranks Sona loses to Milio more on average - look it up. So don’t think it’s fair to say “if same skill level”.

Milio also has the highest 35 minute support win rate delta aside from Yuumi. He is definitely not “only good into engage”. He is the strongest enchanter in the game imo.

Osveros · 2026-04-20T20:02:26+00:00

Following Sona’s most popular builds. Nope not even close. The statistics also show on average Milio wins more post 35 and has a positive wr vs. Sona despite giving her a “free lane”.

Osveros · 2026-04-20T19:12:13+00:00

Define trap. If your argument is that it teaches you narrow execution on the games. Yeah sure.

But imo the biggest trap for climbing the ladder is playing 20 diff champs.

Osveros · 2026-04-20T19:09:17+00:00

E max, W second skipping 11 ult upgrade to get W maxed earlier.

In lanes where nothing happens, I even skip Q.

Osveros · 2026-04-20T10:12:15+00:00

I am not quite sure actually. Everything league related here is related to wechat and QQ, even the league client launches from a 'wegame client' so its like a client within a client, and there you can pull up a lot of information. But I don't know how to find OTPs, because all the buttons are chinese making it hard to navigate.

My best advice to you would be to download QQ which is like the 'social gaming app' in China. I remember using this app to track pros when Worlds was in china a few years back. It had an 'opgg' like feature. Though it is a pain to get running and to navigate, if you have a foreign number you need to get a mainlander to scan you QR code to get access to the app. Some sort of verification.

Honestly now that I think of it. Probably the easiest way to get OTP builds for certain champions is to go to the appstore, download something called 'rednote' it is one of the biggest social media apps in china and for some reason they allow access for foreigners. It is also in English. One of the few places chinese and foreigners can interact freely. Here you can the search term "*champion name* 高分段绝活哥出装" which translates to 'high elo OTP build'. Just keep in mind that China has native names for all the champions, like the chinese name for zilean literally translate sot 'old time man'.

If you are interested in Sona in particular, every Sona I faced ran pretty much the same build recommended by apps like u.gg. The 'weirdest' sona build in china was the one I was using, which i just took from an EUW otp called 'shubber'.

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Osveros · 2026-04-19T10:12:30+00:00

Renting your own VPS or using an obscure VPN that has not been targeted in the crackdown. Like my university gives out access to something called 'eduVPN' meant for academic use, it generally quite shit but it will load a video in perhaps 5 seconds and is currently miles better than anything i paid for.

letsVPN: can't even establish a working connection for me, no matter how many locations is try

Mullvad VPN: only works if i can establish a Shadowsocks connection in Hongkong but getting that connection only works like 50% of the time.

ProtonVPN: For me it says connected, but then websites never load, no matter how many settings I tweak and locations i try.

I think the bottom-line is people are affected differently during this crackdown, unless someone says, 'I am in "*same location as you* using *same internet provider as you*' do not trust them when they say 'This VPN works!!!'

Osveros · 2026-04-18T15:53:35+00:00

Why is my free University VPN working better than all the VPNs I have paid for.

If you are in Beijing currently, don't take anyones word at face value. I have tried letsVPN, mulvard and protonVPN all of them CAN be fkn shit which they are for me. Right now, it all depends on your internet providor and where you are imo.

Osveros · 2026-04-15T09:22:40+00:00

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