Sorry, but i dont like this build very much. Sion has just 2 Nuke spells, not enough to make someone die. Sion need to build deathfire grasp or lich.

This is plagiarism. It is totally copied from Rainman's guide on TSM website: http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=8785 ; it is nauseating how you keep on going about your ideas- DOWNVOTE and shame on you!

decent guide, but one problem, you dont seem to account for the fact that any non noob team will quickly realize (assuming they dont already know) what your shield is capable of and quickly focus it down, elimiating its damage output, this (among other things) creates 2 major problems:
1) Rylai's: sion's only magic damage comes from his stun (which has the same length as the slow on rylai's), and an AoE nuke than can be cancelled by in 1-2 seconds by any AD carry

2) Lack of Lich Bane: without lich Bane (about) half of your burst damage can be easily eliminated, while with lich bane you can increase your burst damage by about 50%, or, if you time it right you can even double it (although this requires you wait 2 seconds between abilities, which may not always be a good idea). Lich Bane also gives an additional 350 mana, 80 AP, and 7% movespeed



also, when it comes to dealing with AP Sions's mana problems, keep in mind that he is the AP nuke, and therefore should grab blue buff whenever possible, except early on when the jungler gets it

I'ts a great guide, but I would take Sorcerer's Shoes

Dont voted anything since most should be personal opinion, but:

Regarding your 3 builts:
(I consider 2nd as fun build.)
You should never grab RoA/Rylai's or Archangel's.

-Sion and Chogath should be the only caster who can stack HP without item dependence. Dont waste money on HP if you can grab resistance items (which you need thx to bubble range and its shield synergising with Ar/MR.

-You dont need an extra Mana boost from RoA or Archangel's. Runes, maybe Masteries and Morello's or DFG are enough.

- That slow on Rylai's... neither can you maintain it effectively nor do you want to stick close to s1 who you cant finish off within the next 2-3 blows.

- Lich Bane. Total personal playstyle, wont hold it against you. IMO an early Sheen is great for laning and will give you more than enough skill spam freedom. And late game youre close enough to land Lich Bane anyways.

If you NEED Mana from Tear/Catalyst early while using Greater Seal of Replenishment, youre doing sth wrong IMO.


Skill order:

Enrage earlier, latest lvl 3: You talk about farming yourself, do it then.

Cannibalism: You dont go for spell vamp, so its GREAT to reg after every fight (you wont need it while facing enemy champs 80% of time ofc) early to late only Enrage needed + 1 minion wave.

y i know that rylais gives more hp and slow but since you have your stun you dont need slow..In addition, you need something for extra dmg

well, if you want to know why i removed lich bane just check the first few comment.

this guide is just bad because u dont have lich bane.. low dmg output without it , y, maybe rylai's crystal scepter gives more survivability lich bane is a good item.. think about it.. nvm +1

still totally useless, but i'm sure u just made this smurf account just to downvote me. really really stupid.

I'm sorry, but the fact that you said sion's ulti is useless on ap sion made me thumb you down... Anyone skillful enough can see how gamebreaking this skill is on laning phase. Imagine yourself in a mid lane vs another ap carry. You harass each other all the time, both are low and both are afraid of coming close. You can just pop your ulti and autoattack minions to full health in less than 10 seconds. 50% lifesteal? That's so broken on a lane. Just imagine his ulti on solo top =)

You need a good CC team with a good AD Carry with nice damage :) Or just avoid his shield explode and after that put all your CCs on him and finish him.

Nice job with this guide! I personally get Sorcerer's Shoes for the magic pen. all the time, but this seems to be very solid. Need to try it out a few times though.