Sion

I’ll Pull You Apart!

Lane harassment and consistent damage output.

Inspiration

Creative tools and rule bending

  1. Glacial Augment
    Glacial Augment

    Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

    Glacial Augment

    Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you and other nearby champions, creating frozen zones for 3 (+ the immobilizing effect's duration) seconds that slow enemies for 20% (+90% per 100% Heal and Shield Power) (+6% per 100 Ability Power) (+7% per 100 bonus Attack Damage) and reduce their damage by 15% against your allies (not including yourself).

    Cooldown: 25s

    Why?

    Glacial Augment's slow is great for setting up a well-charged Q or follow-up damage while in passive form after dying.

  2. Magical Footwear
    Magical Footwear

    You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.

    Magical Footwear

    You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

    Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

    Why?

    Magical Footwear's raw gold value accelerates your tank items in the mid game so that you become an unkillable machine,.

  3. Biscuit Delivery
    Biscuit Delivery

    Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.

    Biscuit Delivery

    Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

    Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

    Why?

    Biscuit Delivery's missing health regen synergizes well with Sion's large health pool for massive sustain lane pressure.

  4. Approach Velocity
    Approach Velocity

    Bonus MS towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired, increased for enemy champions that you impair.

    Approach Velocity

    Gain 7.5% Move Speed towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired. This bonus is increased to 15% Move Speed for any enemy champion that you impair.

    Activation Range for CC from allies: 1000

    Why?

    The extra movement speed from Approach Velocity is great when paired with Glacial Augment, allowing you to chase and stick to targets slowed from autos, [Q], and [E].

Resolve

Durability and crowd control

  1. Conditioning
    Conditioning

    After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

    Conditioning

    After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

    Why?

    Conditioning is an incredibly strong scaling rune that can make you a late game monster tank, but if you're playing into a strong early laner take Iron Skin or Mirror Shell instead.

  2. Overgrowth
    Overgrowth

    Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.

    Overgrowth

    Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

    When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

    Why?

    Overgrowth synergizes incredibly well with Sion's [W] passive allowing you to hit massive health number in the mid to late game.

  1. Adaptive Force

    Adaptive Force

    +9 Adaptive Force

  2. Adaptive Force

    Adaptive Force

    +9 Adaptive Force

  3. Health Scaling

    Health Scaling

    +10-180 Health (based on level)

Glacial Augment

Why Glacial Augment

Glacial Augment's slow is great for setting up a well-charged Q or follow-up damage while in passive form after dying.

Magical Footwear

Why Magical Footwear

Magical Footwear's raw gold value accelerates your tank items in the mid game so that you become an unkillable machine,.

Biscuit Delivery

Why Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery's missing health regen synergizes well with Sion's large health pool for massive sustain lane pressure.

Approach Velocity

Why Approach Velocity

The extra movement speed from Approach Velocity is great when paired with Glacial Augment, allowing you to chase and stick to targets slowed from autos, [Q], and [E].

Conditioning

WhyConditioning

Conditioning is an incredibly strong scaling rune that can make you a late game monster tank, but if you're playing into a strong early laner take Iron Skin or Mirror Shell instead.

Overgrowth

WhyOvergrowth

Overgrowth synergizes incredibly well with Sion's [W] passive allowing you to hit massive health number in the mid to late game.

Death Had Its Chance

Lane harassment and consistent damage output.

Resolve

Durability and crowd control

  1. Grasp of the Undying
    Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

    Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:

  2. Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  3. Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  4. Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.

Why?

Sion's natural **% health stacking on [W] synergizes with the oh-hit health stacking** on Grasp letting him hit massive health numbers in the late-game.

  • Demolish
    Demolish

    Charge up a powerful attack against a tower while near it.

    Demolish

    Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

    Cooldown: 45s

    Why?

    With Demolish we can convert the **massive health stackng** on [W], Grasp, and Overgrowth to **big-time tower damage**. If you're looking to teamfight more often then Font of Life is a good alternative in healing your teammates.

  • Conditioning
    Conditioning

    After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

    Conditioning

    After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

    Why?

    The Armor and Magic Resist you gain from Conditioning are even more effective because you are stacking so heavily on health. Alternatively you can take Iron Skin or Mirror Shell here instead, based on the enemy composition.

  • Overgrowth
    Overgrowth

    Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.

    Overgrowth

    Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

    When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

    Why?

    Overgrowth's bonus health scaling synergizes incredibly well with Sion's [W] passive making you a huge front-line tank with massive amounts of health.

    • Sorcery

    Empowered abilities and resource manipulation

    1. Manaflow Band
      Manaflow Band

      Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

      After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

      Manaflow Band

      Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

      After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

      Cooldown: 15 seconds

      Why?

      Manaflow Ban's massive mana sustain allows you to use your large health pool to widdle away at your opponent's health bar in lane and out-sustian them. In difficult AP matchups (Rumble) or when the enemy team has a lot of magic damage (Kog'Maw), Nullifying Orb can be a great alternative to help you absorb even more damage in the front-line.

    2. Gathering Storm
      Gathering Storm

      Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

      Gathering Storm

      Every 10 min gain AP or AD, adaptive.

      10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD
      20 min: + 24 AP or 14 AD
      30 min: + 48 AP or 29 AD
      40 min: + 80 AP or 48 AD
      50 min: + 120 AP or 72 AD
      60 min: + 168 AP or 101 AD
      etc...

      Why?

      Gathering Storm allows you to build completely defensively while still being relevant offensively in the late game.

    1. Adaptive Force

      Adaptive Force

      +9 Adaptive Force

    2. Adaptive Force

      Adaptive Force

      +9 Adaptive Force

    3. Health Scaling

      Health Scaling

      +10-180 Health (based on level)

    Grasp of the Undying

    Why Grasp of the Undying

    Sion's natural **% health stacking on [W] synergizes with the oh-hit health stacking** on Grasp letting him hit massive health numbers in the late-game.

    Demolish

    Why Demolish

    With Demolish we can convert the **massive health stackng** on [W], Grasp, and Overgrowth to **big-time tower damage**. If you're looking to teamfight more often then Font of Life is a good alternative in healing your teammates.

    Conditioning

    Why Conditioning

    The Armor and Magic Resist you gain from Conditioning are even more effective because you are stacking so heavily on health. Alternatively you can take Iron Skin or Mirror Shell here instead, based on the enemy composition.

    Overgrowth

    Why Overgrowth

    Overgrowth's bonus health scaling synergizes incredibly well with Sion's [W] passive making you a huge front-line tank with massive amounts of health.

    Manaflow Band

    WhyManaflow Band

    Manaflow Ban's massive mana sustain allows you to use your large health pool to widdle away at your opponent's health bar in lane and out-sustian them. In difficult AP matchups (Rumble) or when the enemy team has a lot of magic damage (Kog'Maw), Nullifying Orb can be a great alternative to help you absorb even more damage in the front-line.

    Gathering Storm

    WhyGathering Storm

    Gathering Storm allows you to build completely defensively while still being relevant offensively in the late game.