•Sona is a two-stacks champion: walk into fights with the exact Power Chord already loaded—green to cut a diver’s burst, purple to leash the caught target, blue mostly for lane tax or cleanup .
•In bot lane, play “Q tag, brush drop, back out”: use early AA -> Q -> empowered auto when brush and minions make it free, then leave before the trade turns into the engage window they wanted .
•Do not hide on the back wall—stand in the ally pocket so your auras actually touch people, and if lane goes bad, shrink the job to green-chording the entry and forcing one more full rotation, because Sona’s games get much better the longer teamfights keep repeating .