Champion Stats
| Role | Tank / Fighter |
| Difficulty | |
| Blue Essence | 675 BE |
Why High-Elo Players Smurf with Sion
Low Elo players focus entirely on KDA. They see a 0/8 Sion and think they are winning, while that Sion has 11 CS/min and has taken every Tier 1 and Tier 2 tower. Sion's Passive (Glory in Death) allows you to clear waves even after dying, ensuring you never fall behind in XP. Smurfs use this to effectively 'proxy' or sacrifice their life for massive tower damage, creating a lose-lose situation for the enemy.
The Level 1 Cheese
First Blood Strategy
The 'Passive Buff Steal'. Start W (Soul Furnace). Walk to the enemy's top-side buff (Blue/Red). Let the buff kill you. Use your Passive to kill the buff + small monsters. You respawn at Level 2 with a Buff and Teleport back to lane. Alternatively, hide in the 'L-bush' for a fully charged Q that chunks the enemy for 40% HP at level 1.
The 'Pay-to-Win' Skin Advantage
'Mecha Zero Sion' is the indisputable 'Pay-to-Win' skin. The sound of the Ultimate (The Train Whistle) is global and psychological, and the Q hitbox indicator is traditionally the hardest to see. 'High Noon' is for the grit, and 'Lumberjack' is the classic 'disrespect' skin.
When They Ban Sion
Backup Pick: If Sion is banned,
Cho'Gath for the infinite scaling.
Yorick for the tower pressure.
Dr. Mundo for being an unkillable meatball.
Rune Setup
Best Runes: Grasp of the Undying is standard for tanking. Phase Rush is the ELITE smurf choice for proxying—it allows you to escape almost any collapse by Qing someone and running at mach speed. Demolish is NON-NEGOTIABLE; it is your primary weapon.
Skill Priority
Order:
Q → W → EMax Q first for waveclear and the 1000+ damage fully charged hits. Max W second for the 'Raid Boss' health shield. E last (it's primarily for the armor shred/slow).
Mastering Sion's Kit
Decimating Smash. The longer you charge, the more damage/CC. If you charge for 1s, it KNOCKS UP. Hide in bushes so the enemy can't see the indicator.
Soul Furnace. Passive: Permanent HP for every unit killed. Active: Shield that explodes. Scaling HP makes you an infinite tank.
Roar of the Slayer. Kicks a minion/monster. Reduces Armor by 20% and slows. Use this to setup your Q.
Unstoppable Onslaught. You become a train. Deals massive damage/stun based on distance. You can release it early to slam the ground. Use it to escape across the map too!
Matchup Tips
The Hardest Counter. Do not fight her. Proxy waves between her towers and ignore her. If you fight, you lose.
Dangerous early. Level 6+, if you miss your Q, he kills you. Just clear waves and scale.
Free Lane. You out-scale him in terms of HP and tower pressure. He can never kill you solo.
The Ego Check
WARNING: Stop missing your Ultimate! Do not just 'aim it down mid'. Use it from Fog of War, or use the 'Drift' (releasing R early to slide) to hit targets. Also, if you are 'inting' for a tower, make sure the wave is there. Dying for 200 tower damage without a wave is just feeding. Efficiency is everything.
When to Queue Dodge
Dodge Fiora, Gwen, or Vayne. They deal % Max HP True Damage. Your 6000 HP means nothing to them; you are just a giant battery for their healing.
Teamfight Role
You are the primary disruptor. Your Ultimate (R) is a global map pressure tool. You can 'drift' from your own base into the mid-lane fight. Once in, your goal is to land a multi-man Q. Even if you die, your passive's % Max HP damage on-hit makes you a nightmare for carries who stayed too close to your corpse.
The 'Disrespect' Build
Full Lethality 'The Baus Special'. Youmuu's Ghostblade -> Hubris -> Lord Dominik's Regards. You hide in a bush, fully charge Q, and one-shot a squishy. When you die, your passive hits for 10% Max HP per auto. You are a glass cannon that explodes twice.
Power Windows
Level 6 (The Global Threat). Hullbreaker completion (You become the Tower Shredder). 3000+ HP (Usually around 20-25 mins) where you become hard to solo-kill.
Tilt Factor
Spamming the 'Train' emote after taking a tower. Typing 'Good Death' in all-chat when you die but take a tower. Pinging your 11 CS per minute against their 0/10/0 scoreboard.
Recent Patch History
| Patch | Date | Type | Changes |
| V14.14 | Jul 17, 2024 | BUFF | W buffed |
| V14.6 | Mar 20, 2024 | NERF | Q adjusted, W adjusted |
| V14.4 | Feb 22, 2024 | NERF | W nerfed |
| V13.9 | May 3, 2023 | BUFF | P buffed |
| V13.1 | Jan 11, 2023 | BUFF | Q buffed, Base stats buffed |
Safety Tips
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