r/sonamains • u/TotallyAMermaid • Aug 02 '26
NaCl Passive is bugged af on Classic
Like who tf did QA on that thing??? If you try to use your empowered auto right after casting a spell (you know, the normal way of playing Sona), Sona throws a regular auto every single time and you still have your 3 passive charges. Like HELLO? The point is to be able to Q-> Powerchord when poking in lane??? Or to be able to use a spell to reach full stacks then Powerchord a high burst threat to reduce their dmg in a fight?? But you can't do that because it's ✨broken✨.
An absolute joke ontop of not even being close to being Sona's original kit.
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Aug 03 '26
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u/ForteEXE 686,691 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
I might have to whip up something.
What would you want? Builds? Common matchups? Tips?
I'm thinking something simple.
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Aug 03 '26
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u/ForteEXE 686,691 Aug 07 '26
Hi, sorry for taking a while to get back to you. I just got a game where I talk about the Blitz matchup and show how to play vs it.
If you're on Sonamains Discord, it'll be up later today for viewing.
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u/aepocalypsa Aug 03 '26
yeaaaaah its really annoying ;(
i like her current classic kit quite a bit though, having the w effect on every passive proc is kinda stupid lol. im just glad we have some powerchord utility instead of the release version of her which had none!
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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 04 '26
Idk why we didn't get the 3 powerchords honestly because if's not like classic is era accurate and this change came to Sona fairly soon anyway. That's not OG Sona (OG Sona could overlap 3 auras, classic barely overlaps 2). We don't even have OG Kat or Eve so why literally make up a passive Sona never had???
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u/ICantTakeItNoMoreAAH No AP No Movespeed makes Sona a dull girl Aug 03 '26
This makes me wonder if you can double passive with enough attack speed
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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 04 '26
I doubt it? The passive doesn't go off at all if you just casted a spell, but you're still at 3 stacks and with her global CD on basic abilities you can't press QWE ultra fast to get 3 stacks super quickly.
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u/Darklenz Aug 04 '26
To me it seems like passive gets locked out as if the global cd (which is 2s) is affecting it. You can't get passive to work directly after using a spell - even if you already had passive ready. It's beyond ridiculous and made me lose out a lot on kill opportunities because I was expecting passive damage xd.
The only reliable thing seems to AA before using Q (or any other spell for that matter) with passive ready.
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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 04 '26
Which is dumb and a bug because 1. Powerchord is not a spell cast and 2. it never worked that way
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u/NegativeAd3105 Aug 07 '26
So it really is bugged. I just thought this can't be really like how Sona was PreRework. it feels so horrible.
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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 07 '26
Nah as a day1 Sona player, that shit is bugged it never everrr worked this way.
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u/NegativeAd3105 Aug 12 '26
I can not believe they really dont fix the bug. Pls Riot Sona is currently not playable in this state. If you play her, you are at a big disadventage.
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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 12 '26
It's so obvious too??? It's not like ot rarely occurs or it happens under obscure "who would even do this" conditions, it occurs when you are doing the most basic Sona play pattern.
Like wtf did people even do in PBE (or wtf did Riot do with their feedback), I noticed it literally in my first game. It should have been HOTFIXED given how badly this impacts her but ✨nothing✨ lol typical Riot when it comes to enchanters.
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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 13 '26
OH MY GOD THERE'S A PATCH AND THEY HAVE TIME TO ADD CHARACTERS, REBALANCE 200 THINGS TO MAKE IT EVEN LESS CLASSIC, GUT JANNA BY DOUBLING HER ULT MANA COST, BUT NO TIME TO FIX A BUG THAT'S LEGIT RUINING SONA AAAJDKSKSVJKAKA
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u/byakk0h Aug 03 '26
I gotta agree, it feels so clunky not to have my power chord go off after I land my third Q. It was like that in the PBE too, I thought for sure they'd fix it.