Sona vs Brand SUPPORT Matchup Guide

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Sona into Brandmedium

Overview

Prioritize protecting your ADC from Brand's poke and stun by maintaining safe spacing and denying brush control.
Use your healing and shielding to sustain through Brand's poke while preserving mana for key cooldowns.
Leverage your ultimate to punish grouped enemy engages or peel for your ADC during all-ins.

Take short empowered-auto trades with only when Brand's poke cooldowns are down.
Hold shield and heal to sustain your ADC through Brand's poke and avoid low-value mana trades.
Save for confirmed engages or to counter Brand's all-in attempts with your ADC's follow-up.

Respect Brand's empowered stun setup after he applies Blaze with or on your ADC.
Avoid clustering with your ADC when Brand's is available to prevent bounce damage.
Be cautious when Brand controls brush or fog, as it increases his poke and stun threat to your ADC.

Track the level 2 window closely and avoid fighting unless your ADC can follow your engage or poke.
Hold brush control to block Brand's angles and prevent empowered setups.
Use wave crash timing to create safe roam windows without leaving your ADC vulnerable to poke.

Level 2 unlocks your sustain and poke; use it to survive Brand's early poke and heal your ADC.
Level 3 grants your movement aura; leverage it to reposition safely and enable ADC follow-up after poke.
Level 6 is your main counter-engage tool; use it with ADC follow-up to punish Brand's grouped damage.

Convert lane safety and aura stacking into strong ADC access and denied enemy positioning.
Use vision control and wave state to create safe roam windows for mid pressure or dragon setup.
Leverage in teamfights to enable your ADC's damage and prevent enemy all-ins or dives.

Tactical tip

For Sona vs Brand, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Support lane check.