That damage late game was insane damn. Also wild to see (outside of pekin obvs) that Riven was the least toxic person on that team, been a long time since I've seen a non toxic riven lmao
Sona has an auto attack passive, hard cc, and healing. This leads me to believe AP xin zhao is very similar and would be a great pick (especially in high elo, like gold). Generally health bars go down, but this is where the off meta comes in... AP xin zhao's goes UP, which will throw off your enemies mental. This is my vote.
i tried it with shiv and riftmaker , its surprisingly decent you still do good damage as he has ap ratios everywhere and he heals a ton (and shiv proc heals with riftmaker on top of his passive heal)
This game was a roller coaster of emotions. But man this was so great....I know this probably isn't super repeatable, but it was all worth it for the Sona Quadra Kill and those 1-shots at the end. Holy cow.
I watched lighrocket's stream a few hours ago and thought "huh i saw a stattik shiv sona mid just then". But now I get to see your perspective on the match. Cool :D
This was such a fun game to watch, all that permafighting early was so good for sona Q + W stacking, think this is the first time I've seen QuinnAD in your games too. Crazy to see you now playing off-role and off-meta vs players on their onetricks and winning
I've actually been having a lot of fun playing this pick, been spamming it mid for a few weeks now. I was wondering what you think of tear/archangels on her? Something I've discovered is if you start tear, you can sit in base, and as long as you have at least one teammate in your aura you can stack your tear by spamming Q at the start of the game. Helps a lot getting into lane with that extra mana to work with, and makes her feel a lot more oppressive because more abilities = more passive procs.
I will probably rewatch this video at some point, I think it's one of the most entertaining ones I've seen. Also you explained Sona's crescendo ability very well... I've only played her a few times, but it always confused me.
Probably one of the biggest reasons Sona is a late game champ despite being a (IMO high risk but high reward) lane bully is because her power scales with the number of allies. Her q AP ratio with zero auto attacks is weak at just .5 per laser beam. If you tag everyone and get 1 auto off, that's like a massive extra .2*5 ap ratio, and that shit's spamable. Combined with how she enables the entire team to mobilize faster, and she just naturally scales when everyone gets together for late game 5 v 5s. tl;dr Sona power directly correlates with the amount of people she can give nice fluffy hugs.
I want to highly recommend a shotgun Seraphine Build. I played this even before there was the new items. The Range from the Seraphine passive can be abused to click on people from insane Range. And she also keeps her gamechanging CC.
I love your long videos, both the educational and stream games on pekinwoof2, but I really miss your highlights videos! They were the perfect length to watch on my breaks at work
Hey Pekin, I love all your videos. They bring me peace. I remember you talking about some videos you meant to make but the games didn’t go the way you wanted, things like Kayn mid or AP Zeri, but maybe you could upload those to Pekinwoof2? I would love to see even if they aren’t amazing games
The fact that at the beginning of the season he had hard time getting challenger and now he is just wiping ppl out with shotgun Sona in Grandmaster, shows the truth about the ranking system in this beautiful game.
The stupid irony of the Trist angrily calling Talon a "Disgusting Master peak" as if that were an insult when Master tier players are the top 0.25% of the entire player base. 😂😂
I feel like electrocute would be more true to the shotgun sona, obviously aery is better for poke, auto attacking the enemy, it just works way better on sona especially late game but electrocute/thunderlords was always the go to key stone for this, obviously if you lose early you're kinda fooked but yea it definitely sounds fun dark harvest sounds fun too but yea probably not realistic to go for anything but aery in higher elo's
I have been enjoying shiv rush ap bard lately, and it is fantastic given I have been looking for something to make Bard work as an ap laner without sacrificing wave clear. Shiv was the answer from the gods for Bard APC mains (like me) and solo laners alike cuz now we can actually rush it and then go full ap burst not trading in AP burst nukes for low-range, flacid auto attack trading just to be able to push a wave. I recommend.
He even flashed under their tower xd "We lost dragon and we can't contest it I guess" - getting the dragon. Nerver give up, there's always a chance, even if it's really small
Man, I just missed season 5-8 Sona with old Dark Harvest. Back then, all Sona need are Lich bane and Luden and she can easily one shot ADC or squishes with only a Q+AA.
Maybe AD Kennen? A very old pick, but he still has attack speed from E, and the Electrical Surge stack still applies once per a few auto attacks. Or mixed damage with Statikk Shiv and Zhonyas, with the rest of the items being AD (kind of like mixed damage Kai'Sa build, possibly with more focus on attack speed. Also Trundle Mid. May be normal AD, or Nuke AP on his ultimate. His AP ratio on ult is surprisingly high.
I'd love to see you perfect Hybrid Kog'maw, to have the burst from abilities and sustained dmg. There's AP Jax -- AD Annie cuz of her range -- Bard mid roaming -- AD Blitz -- AD/Tank Katarina
It would be epic if you did a game of Cho'gath, he's surprisingly good as full AP and can still get very tanky, Everfrost is a "turn squishy into ult stack" button and hail of blades can absolutely destroy melee champs early game.
Nice job pekin, might start watching you again, please play these fun things when streaming and not your interesting tft streams please, but follow your passions ig. Love your content!
i played shotgun sona a ton before her rework back in 2016. her base damage and ap ratios have been nerfed into the ground since, so it just feels so much weaker. it's still a really good pocket pick into low-waveclear assassins like fizz and katarina since it can just remove them from the game and solo kill them pre-6, while also hard shutting down any of their all ins with her exhaust on W. but other than that, it's genuinely awful.
The cycle of "watch pekin make something look fun and/or easy" and "lock it in and int" will not be ending today
Wish you ended that with "...continues" so I could follow up with "he will win we will die"
You should do one last AP Varus game before the build gets gutted next patch.
What will they do to AP varus?
@@joaquincaceresguibovich3182they ll propably nerf statikk
@@joaquincaceresguibovich3182 Theyre pretty heavily nerfing the scaling on his W.
@@scifimisc9191This is devastating news.
yeah this patch is a good time to take advantage of off-meta stuff that's semi-meta now
i love sona so much, especially long games even as a support, she's so fun to play
That damage late game was insane damn.
Also wild to see (outside of pekin obvs) that Riven was the least toxic person on that team, been a long time since I've seen a non toxic riven lmao
Riven is probably chat banned already XD
@@CycleMantislmao 😂
"U digusting master peak"
I've never seen that used as an insult before 😂
Of all top lane fighters, I feel like Riven is usually the least toxic, at least in my games.
@@CycleMantisshe timed her laner’s sums in chat, prob just a /fullmute angle
My favorite part of these videos is when pekins teammates are having a meltdown and hes just laughing
I watched the game through QuinnAD's perspective and his team was terrified of your Sona lmao it was awesome seeing both sides.
Can you link it?
@@gentleshark9209 www.twitch.tv/videos/1854105228 Around 11:00
@@gentleshark9209 www.twitch.tv/quinnad/v/1854105228?sr=a its the first game
He hasn't posted a UA-cam vid on it so probably a vod on his Twitch.
@@gentleshark9209it was the first game QuinnAD played yesterday! It's on his Twitch VODs section.
Its very on brand for Riot to give champions without waveclear access to it suddenly and that being a problem.
yes champions having clearly defined weaknesses is a good thing
Sona has an auto attack passive, hard cc, and healing. This leads me to believe AP xin zhao is very similar and would be a great pick (especially in high elo, like gold). Generally health bars go down, but this is where the off meta comes in... AP xin zhao's goes UP, which will throw off your enemies mental. This is my vote.
I remember when AP xin was busted way back long ago.
High elo like gold 🤣🤣🤣
Gold is the highest elo in the game.. said every hardstuck gold player that’s been gold 4 for 5 years straight
not sure if troll or delusional XD
i tried it with shiv and riftmaker , its surprisingly decent you still do good damage as he has ap ratios everywhere
and he heals a ton (and shiv proc heals with riftmaker on top of his passive heal)
This game was a roller coaster of emotions. But man this was so great....I know this probably isn't super repeatable, but it was all worth it for the Sona Quadra Kill and those 1-shots at the end. Holy cow.
This was actually a very good video. I cannot stop watching you Pekin!
I watched lighrocket's stream a few hours ago and thought "huh i saw a stattik shiv sona mid just then".
But now I get to see your perspective on the match. Cool :D
This was such a fun game to watch, all that permafighting early was so good for sona Q + W stacking, think this is the first time I've seen QuinnAD in your games too. Crazy to see you now playing off-role and off-meta vs players on their onetricks and winning
I've actually been having a lot of fun playing this pick, been spamming it mid for a few weeks now. I was wondering what you think of tear/archangels on her? Something I've discovered is if you start tear, you can sit in base, and as long as you have at least one teammate in your aura you can stack your tear by spamming Q at the start of the game. Helps a lot getting into lane with that extra mana to work with, and makes her feel a lot more oppressive because more abilities = more passive procs.
thank you so much for this video, i can't wait to try out this build for myself and see how it goes
I will probably rewatch this video at some point, I think it's one of the most entertaining ones I've seen. Also you explained Sona's crescendo ability very well... I've only played her a few times, but it always confused me.
u deserved this flawless game after all the grind
ap sona mid was my first main back in s5 when i didnt know anything, such nostalgia
32:58 - Jhin gets hit so hard he goes straight to the next lobby
Probably one of the biggest reasons Sona is a late game champ despite being a (IMO high risk but high reward) lane bully is because her power scales with the number of allies. Her q AP ratio with zero auto attacks is weak at just .5 per laser beam. If you tag everyone and get 1 auto off, that's like a massive extra .2*5 ap ratio, and that shit's spamable. Combined with how she enables the entire team to mobilize faster, and she just naturally scales when everyone gets together for late game 5 v 5s.
tl;dr Sona power directly correlates with the amount of people she can give nice fluffy hugs.
If it’s illegal to be this early then boys, I’m a criminal
mad lad actually did shotgun Sona
This is one we were all waiting for.
Even asking for it for like every video, I didn't expect to see sona mid. Really happy we got it
It's 1700 magic damage, but you also have 108 physical damage, so it's 1800! (on the Milio at the end)
I want to highly recommend a shotgun Seraphine Build. I played this even before there was the new items. The Range from the Seraphine passive can be abused to click on people from insane Range. And she also keeps her gamechanging CC.
how ?
@@WHsavior Her passive makes her get extra autoattack range on her next hit, it can be stacked up to her having like 2000 range autos
Aww I know that Quinn, it's Franky! He's a super chill streamer/UA-camr as well. Gives the same relaxed no-tilt vibes that Pekin has
AP Sona is one of my favourite things in this game. Been that way for years.
Aaaay finally, great video man, loving the series, love your content overall ♥
omg soooo fun to watch! People just gotta believe in your off-meta picks
I love your long videos, both the educational and stream games on pekinwoof2, but I really miss your highlights videos! They were the perfect length to watch on my breaks at work
I like reading the chat during Pekin's games. Recently "dog master peak" is my favorite common quote 😂
Hey Pekin, I love all your videos. They bring me peace. I remember you talking about some videos you meant to make but the games didn’t go the way you wanted, things like Kayn mid or AP Zeri, but maybe you could upload those to Pekinwoof2? I would love to see even if they aren’t amazing games
I always appreciate the missing pings when an off-meta pekin one shot happens. My thoughts exactly.
Came for thumbnail, stayed for Pekin
the oneshots at the end were extremely satisfying, but lord some players need to take advantage of the deafen function
The Quinn top was QuinnAD. Dude is a legend with quinn, his streams are great.
this was so satisfying to watch fr
The fact that at the beginning of the season he had hard time getting challenger and now he is just wiping ppl out with shotgun Sona in Grandmaster, shows the truth about the ranking system in this beautiful game.
This is one off the best Sona games I've ever seen! Great video dude!
man i dont jnow about you much, i have watched you on clips now and then but you are pretty chilled person. it does change compare to other streamers
It's unbelievable that you can pull this off against master-GM players
this makes me indescribably happy
The stupid irony of the Trist angrily calling Talon a "Disgusting Master peak" as if that were an insult when Master tier players are the top 0.25% of the entire player base. 😂😂
omg, did not expect the way that game ended. You earned that.
God damn it this is gonna make me throw so many games but it looks so sick and fun lmfao
Did not expect to see ap sona carry like this, gg!
This was crazy, what a game and entertaining video ❤️❤️❤️
Commenting for algorithm purposes~ I'm always enjoying the videos but don't always have anything to say...
absolutely awesome ending
That one tap on Jhin was just beautiful
And personal from their lore interaction XD
Sona was one of my favourite champions back then, so this feels like vindication lmao
The arguement between Tristana and Talon who are both inting and losing is the most intense thing in this game
Clicked on this video knowing this build is luck based... "Stars aligned for this game" XD
I feel like electrocute would be more true to the shotgun sona, obviously aery is better for poke, auto attacking the enemy, it just works way better on sona especially late game but electrocute/thunderlords was always the go to key stone for this, obviously if you lose early you're kinda fooked but yea it definitely sounds fun dark harvest sounds fun too but yea probably not realistic to go for anything but aery in higher elo's
Why does the thumbnail picture look like the hanime cover?? 🧐Pekin? Where did u get this pic?
holy moly i rly liked this one :D love sona's kit
You're one of the explainers of all time
This cheese made me legit happy
Gnar mid could be cool, ap or not
I have been enjoying shiv rush ap bard lately, and it is fantastic given I have been looking for something to make Bard work as an ap laner without sacrificing wave clear. Shiv was the answer from the gods for Bard APC mains (like me) and solo laners alike cuz now we can actually rush it and then go full ap burst not trading in AP burst nukes for low-range, flacid auto attack trading just to be able to push a wave. I recommend.
For the algorithm: What is your favorite video this series?? Mine is yorick.
Love your videos Pekin.
At this point he has defined league of legends physics
What a great surprise!
As a Sona main myself, I think I have a new way to try her out!
Been playing sona like this off and on for a while as another sona main, another fun thing to try is Rylai's/Mandate/Ludens Nami.
Did Pekin get First Blood?
Nope
First Blood was by ally Rell around 2:35
Win streak: 0
Highest streak: 3
Total Games Registered: 26
Found u
He even flashed under their tower xd
"We lost dragon and we can't contest it I guess" - getting the dragon. Nerver give up, there's always a chance, even if it's really small
Was not expecting this but it was so fun! Would you do a stattik + guinsoos AP tristana game before it gets patched?
Your Rell took the blue buff instead of giving it to you. Twice. Like... ?????
Just saw RossBoomsocks do an Ivern game where he went nashor's bork hydra...seeing you've been loving Daisy so much maybe you should give it a try ^-^
SONA WAS COOL, BUT JGL INVADE TARIC WAS SOMETHING VERY NEW TO ME, THANKS!
fantastic vid
Man, I just missed season 5-8 Sona with old Dark Harvest. Back then, all Sona need are Lich bane and Luden and she can easily one shot ADC or squishes with only a Q+AA.
Good vid as always
The fever dream. Sona is my favorite champ.
Hey Pekin - thanks for the video
*Sees Taric Jungle*
Wait, is that Lightrocket?
4:11 *Sees Taric pinged in chat*
HS IT IS LIGHTROCKET
This game, confirmed challenger elo.
Would you consider playing tank Zac or amumu with demonic? :))
Love you berry much pecan
Yessss I wanted Sona so bad!!!!
No worries @PekinWoof I watch you so often my first recommendation is always a video of yours🤡
Maybe AD Kennen? A very old pick, but he still has attack speed from E, and the Electrical Surge stack still applies once per a few auto attacks. Or mixed damage with Statikk Shiv and Zhonyas, with the rest of the items being AD (kind of like mixed damage Kai'Sa build, possibly with more focus on attack speed.
Also Trundle Mid. May be normal AD, or Nuke AP on his ultimate. His AP ratio on ult is surprisingly high.
Yayyy new video
Only you can hear me summoner
All hail shotgun Sona!
I'd love to see you perfect Hybrid Kog'maw, to have the burst from abilities and sustained dmg.
There's AP Jax -- AD Annie cuz of her range -- Bard mid roaming -- AD Blitz -- AD/Tank Katarina
Nice vid! 🎉
It would be epic if you did a game of Cho'gath, he's surprisingly good as full AP and can still get very tanky, Everfrost is a "turn squishy into ult stack" button and hail of blades can absolutely destroy melee champs early game.
Nice job pekin, might start watching you again, please play these fun things when streaming and not your interesting tft streams please, but follow your passions ig. Love your content!
@PekinWoof so that's why I keep encountering Sona mid today!
Hey, that Taric was lightrocket2. Small world of high ELO.
i miss pekin ranked grind
commenting for algorithm
the only issue of sona is the lack of wave clear compared to mages, but with statikk it seems great! XD
Only pekin could do shotgun sona successfully
I had absolutely no idea Sona had that kindo of passive wow
“Hey guys today is another day of off meta to GM, im gonna be building statikk shiv first…”
That Quinn AD is another UA-camr xD FYI, his channel is just quinn AD
Can you try Draven mid? Maybe DH with full lethality?
Oh wow this should be good!
i played shotgun sona a ton before her rework back in 2016. her base damage and ap ratios have been nerfed into the ground since, so it just feels so much weaker. it's still a really good pocket pick into low-waveclear assassins like fizz and katarina since it can just remove them from the game and solo kill them pre-6, while also hard shutting down any of their all ins with her exhaust on W. but other than that, it's genuinely awful.