Hey there, I am ALumpyMuffin and this is why Sonya is one of my favorite Heroes. Sonya is a melee fighter who plays kind of like a melee assassin and has massive damage output while able to heal herself with her whirlwind ability. She is great at taking objectives and is easily able to take mercenary camps by herself. She works best in team fight based compositions and has multiple viable ways to be built/played.
Pros and Cons
Pros
-large damage output
-good sustained damage
-strong objective/mercenary control
-strong teamfighter/initiator
-High life steal
Cons
-Squishy
-limited disengage
-vulnerable to stuns
This build is based around strong initiation and sustained teamfight damage, making her the ultimate weapon for your in late game grouped fights. To do this I focus on my Ancient Spear for damage and engage. Your spear provides fury and decent damage throughout the game. The fury it provides is great for building up your other abilities or quickly used for a burst Ancient Spear, Seismic Slam combo.
Green: Preferred Yellow: Situational
Level 1
War Paint: I wouldn't take this talent because your Whirlwind ability heals you for 40% of your damage dealt and you'll be using your abilities more than your AA
Block: Being a squishy fighter with reliant on close range, block is a great buff to your suitability early game
Endless Fury: Not viable because if you're maxed with fury at any point you're not playing Sonya correctly
Shot Fury: You won't be needing this with the fury you'll pick up from Ancient Spear.
Level 4
Superiority: Whirlwind will take care on minions easy and give you health, no need to fear minions
Focused Attack: Not auto attack reliant more focused on abilities
Boon of the Ancients: This build is focused on your spear and gaining fury from it. For this build this is a must have.
Furious Blow: Still a great ability in other builds but we won't be getting it for this one.
Level 7
Poisoned Spear: synergizes very well with Boon of the Ancients and gives you a huge damage boost on your Ancient Spear
Shattered Ground: Decent synergy with Furious Blow but not with our build
Furious Healing: Great for survivability take it if your need the health.
Level 10
Leap: Not good for this build but can be useful in certain team comps and in other Sonya builds
Wraith of the Berserker: Amazing damage boost with a lasting affect the more fury you stack up. Such a short cooldown that sometimes it resets before the effects have worn off. Great for teamfights and taking merc camps.
Level 13
Composite Spear: The 30% range is nice but this ability just isn't as strong as the others in this tier.
Life Funnel: Definitely useful for sustaining yourself, but with the buff to Whirlwind making it give 40% health rather than 30% this ability isn't as necessary.
Dust Devils: not a great ability because the build isn't focused on whirlwind.
Aftershock: Never felt like this ability was that useful because the affects are only temporary and we haven't built for it.
Spell Shield: I get this over Life funnel now since the life steal buff on whirlwind. makes you tankier and able to survive in teamfights longer.
level 16
No Escape: Helps us catch targets and get in range of enemies fleeing teamfights. Also can be used in a combo of your ult and Whirlwind to get away from enemies.
Enduring Whirlwind: Not a good option because whirlwind can easily be stopped by stuns.
Mystical Spear: Makes your Spear usable for escapes but we aren't running away most of the time we're chasing after targets.
Imposing Presence: Pick this up if you find yourself being targeted by the enemy team and they are largely based on auto attack damage.
Stone Skin: Great for survivability if you're finding yourself to be too squishy late game.
Level 20
Hardened Shield: This talent will make you crazy durable and give you the ability to dish out the damage that you need to during late game team fights without getting focused down.
Nexus Blade: Pick up Nexus blade only if you decided to take stone skin over no escape. It will give you the extra slow from auto attacks that will supplement no escapes speed boost.
Arreat Crater: I dislike this ability a lot. Though it could synergise well with Mystical Spear, it takes you out of the fight by secluding you in a dome which is where you don't want to be. easily countered by Blink abilities.
Anger Management: The lasting effect of your ult is already strong enough, the only reason to get this ability is for its 75% stun reduction.
This is my first guide that I have out so tell me if you like it or not. I love feedback even if it's constructive and let me know how this guild worked for you. If you like the guild feel free to leave a like so that more people can see it. Sonya was my first lvl 10 character and my favorite Character throughout the Alpha of Heroes of The storm. Though she isn't highly regarded, she is great in one on one fights and team fights. With the right technique to playing her she can be a powerful asset to a team. This is ALumpyMuffin and I'll see you in the Storm.
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