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Welcome to my Ranked AD Sion Guide. This will be my 2nd guide for Mobafire. I have been playing a lot of Sion (30+ games in the past 3 days) and through extensive gameplay and experimentation, added to my friend's build. Credits to Snoobie for this amazing build (the core build is entirely his idea, i merely build upon it and published a guide.) I found that it was insanely effective, and decided that I must share it on Mobafire. This guide will not make you invincible, but with decent farming skills, smart playing and your ability to focus fire, will turn you into a BAMF beast that will radiate fear into the hearts of enemies. If you have any feedback please comment+vote as it will help me update and improve this guide to make it best for you guys! Without further ado, let's get right down to business! :)
Pros / Cons
Pros: + has a stun!!!
+ decent farming
+ amazing crit and lifesteal
+ somewhat tanky
+ good early game harass
+ relatively short ult cd
+ ultimate turns him into a BEAST(lifesteal OM NOM NOM)
Cons - vulnerable to CC
- stun cd is long early game
- lifesteal is useless unless you land your autoattack --> brought down easily by nukers
- farming animation is slow at first
- not particularly exciting to play (although for me, it's hella fun xD)
Runes
For runes, I run standard AD carry runes:
Greater Mark of Desolation X 9 Greater Seal of Clarity X 9 Greater Glyph of Celerity X 9 Greater Quintessence of Fortitude X 3
the reason I run mp5 seals is because Sion's mana pool is pretty limited early game, and the boost in regen do help in landing that crucial stun or getting that shield up when you need it. It is the same for cooldown reduction as the stun cdr is quite long early game (about 10+ sec)
Summoner Spells
- good for both offense and defense. Also reduces enemy AD in 1 v 1. Pop it on a carry and HACK HACK HACK. - good for escaping, and also when chasing +.
some people prefer over , but I've never had much trouble picking up kills. Although has some uses early game, late game it is pretty much useless and has much better use for chasing/ reducing enemy dmg.
Skill Sequence
- Sion's one and only stun. Useful when chasing. Useful when being chased. Put it simply, it's your trusty friend that will guarantee kills or save your butt when you're running away. A well-placed stun can turn the tide in a team fight.
- soaks up a fair bit of damage, and also explodes upon re-casting (or just wait) to do a nice AoE blast. Perfect for farming as well. In 1 v 1, pop this after you stun your target. In teamfights, activate it after you use your ulti. Good spell for both defense and offense.
- Sion's bread and butter spell for farming. Have it on toggle at ALL TIMES and farm away! With the health bonus, you'll be racking up 3000+hp at lvl 18.
- now this is what makes Sion such a BEAST. With increased lifesteal and attack speed, you'll be busy hacking enemies to their death. Pop this up at the BEGINNING of a fight to get the most out of it. Also if you're really low, hit creeps to get some hp back and go back to hitting champions (this applies when you're trying to juke in jungle, hit a neutral creep if you're about to die.) This is like one of the most OP spells in the game. I once had a fight where I ran into an enemy Xin and Ashe. I dropped to about 10 hp but with the ulti, I life-stole xin to death in about 3 hits (healed about 1200 hp back) and finished Ashe off, surviving and leaving the encounter with close to FULL HP.
In a fight, the sequence is always . You will most likely win any 1 v 1 as long as you know what you're doing. In team fights, always focus the squishies first but do NOT initiate. If your team has a tank, wait until he initiates and follow with your stun and HACK HACK HACK. However with this build, you will be tanky enough where the team will consider you a tank (more like a beastly "monster-carry-hard-to-kill thing" you have made yourself to be xD)
The above is an example of how to play ballsy and make the best out of your ult (beast lifesteal!!)
Items
CORE BUILD
OPTIONAL
CORE BUILD
A lot of people will question your build (especially starting items) but it's okay. ignore them or tell them that it's an insane Sion build with 100% win rate, and prove them right!
I first start off with a and 5 . Why do I do this? Well for one, You are going to be soloing top to get that farm up. This makes you vulnerable to lots of early harass. With , pots and some smart playing and last-hitting skills, you will be able to stay in lane and farm fairly easily. Try not to go back until you have enough to buy , which is your next item.
Once you get enough gold, go back and get . This serves 2 purposes: 1) It will making farming HELLA easier, and 2) you can ward the river to watch for ganks. With this baby you will be 2-shotting creeps like no big deal, and every 3 minutes you get a free ward. Ever hear of the phrase "kill two birds with one stone"? well here it is!
Boots:.This build is AS (attack speed) based. The idea is you hit faster for more dmg, more crit, MORE LIFESTEAL! Nuff said. If you think you're getting harsh CC'ed and need some MR, are also a good pick.
Double - now HERE is when the build gets kinda funky. The reason why is so efficient mid game is that it gives you both a boost in crits and attack speed.
- Gives you bonus AD and armour. People say is useless without . True, but with the beastly farming you've acquired, the health bonus from can cover it well enough. This grants more survivability mid~late game, and once you get this item, you should be close to winning.
Double Phantom Dancers- by the time you have get your first one, you will be nearing godly stage. not only increases your AS, but it also increases your movement speed. There is nothing more scarier than a Sion running at you with full force, stun and HACK HACK HACK HACK. you're pretty much dead before you can say "OH F***". Enemy being an annoying kiting b*tch? No problem. Pop that stun and watch as you crit her to death in 3 hits. Tired of people always ing out of death? No worries. You're just as fast! With the boost in movement speed + your and , you will most certainly win the chase.
OPTIONAL ITEMS
- You have a high crit chance, with this item you'll be DPSing over 1000+ per hit. A good late-game item if you need that extra dmg.
- if the enemy still hasn't lost yet and you have spare gold lying around, go for it. This not only adds to your massive lifesteal, but also has a neat passive that gives you bonus stacks based on your farm.
- Still have enough gold? Sell your for this baby for bonus Armor Penetration. This will wreck late-game tanks on your road to victory.
Farming
Now, Farming. This is pretty much THE MOST IMPORTANT section of this guide. This is the bread and butter to beast AD late-game Sion. Try your best to get a solo lane if you can as you would get more farm for yourself (ask if anyone wants to jungle). If you're in a duo lane, that's fine too because you get more sustainability and as long as your last hitting skills are decent, wont miss too much.
Early game play a little bit cautiously and try to land last hits as much as you can. Avoid harassing enemy champs too much (especially if it's 1 vs 2) unless they overextend and your jungler is ready for a gank, or if they think they can dive you at lvl 3 (in which case +and watch their HP melt into pink).
Once you reach lvl 2, get and leave it on toggle at ALL TIMES. This will give you bonus AD and make farming easier. LAST HIT creeps to get the health bonus. A good gauge to see how well you farm is the 15 min mark, 30 min mark, 45 mark and 60 min mark. I usually get about 80~90 farm at 15 min if I'm farming decently, and about 180~200+ at 30 min.
At level 3, get . This will pop up a shield allows you to do a fair bit of AoE damage, which is useful for getting creeps low to last hit them. Activate it, run into the middle of the creep wave and then explode. Then simply 1-hit all the creeps and watch your health go up. The shield is also useful when you're low on hp and the enemy champs are pushing your tower with creeps. Just have it on to reduce as much dmg as possible while farming. What I usually do is let the turret hit the creep once, and just hit it (usually it kills it). This way I don't get denied much farm at the turret.
To sum it up: The more farm you have, the beastlier you get!
Screenshots
In this section, I will upload screenshots of gameplay as well as match history. If you have tried this guide and succeeded, feel free to send me your scores and I will try to post them here for reference :)
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Summary
All right. Now that I've told you about this build, I'll sum it up in a few steps:
1) This build will make you beast, provided you farm well.
2) Farm well. did I say that already?
3) In team fights, focus the squishies and carries.
4) skill sequence is Q+R+W, then repeat Q and autoattack as needed. 5) Although you will be dominating as long as you follow this build correctly, it willNOT make youINVINCIBLE. so use fair judgment and play smartly (dont rush into a 5 v 1... although sometimes I do pull off some sick pentas xD) 6) Remember to use as much as you can.
7) HAVE FUN! :)
With this build, you can comeback from even the most drastic situations (you're down to nexus turrets). It is possible. Remember. You are sion. you are A BEAST. HAVE NO FEAR, but play smart, and you will be guaranteed a VICTORY!
well that's it for the build, I will be constantly updating and continue experimenting, so please leave feedback and tell me how it went for you guys! Now get out there and kick some butt! :)
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. True, but with the beastly farming you've acquired, the health bonus from 
being an annoying kiting b*tch? No problem. Pop that stun and watch as you crit her to death in 3 hits. Tired of people always
ing out of death? No worries. You're just as fast! With the boost in movement speed + your
