One thing I hate about Sion.

Ralanr·Apr 18, 2016·1 votes·501 views

Now I love playing Sion, I've got over 130K mastery on him (so I'm not a master, but I like playing him a lot) and if there is anything that annoys me about Sion, it's the counterplay on his Q. Any displacement or stun interrupts your Q. Sure this gives mana and a shortened cooldown, but is there anyone out there who actually thinks this is good counterplay? His Q is great for zoning, but people can stop it by being in Sion's face. Hell you can walk into Sion and avoid his Q!

Has anyone actually tried using his Q for baiting? Is it even worth it?

I'm probably a bit salty due to how I just faced a who made my teamfight potential pointless. Along with their (who's CC is the ban of my existence as Sion).

5 Comments

WeirWulfApr 18, 20161 votes

His Q is an incredibly powerful spell. Can you think of another champion who has an AOE knock up on a basic ability? Alistar, Cho-gath, Zac, Nami and Janna. All of them have a CD of around 10 seconds. Sion's is 6 seconds at max rank. Plus his has the largest covering area, and it has the potential to last up to 2.25 seconds where most of theirs last 1.5 seconds. Also the base damage on Sion's Q is insanely high at early levels.

So while yes, his Q can be interrupted/dodged, the payout for hitting a really good one is huge. To me this is very good counterplay. It's one of the reason I enjoy Sion so much, is that he is probably the most fun tank in game right now.

Btw if your into Sion perhaps you would be interested in; https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtySionMains, Alternatively you can add 'Apostolique' to join the Sionmains club on NA.

RalanrApr 18, 20162 votes

I didn't take that into consideration.

Also, your Reddit link doesn't seem to exist.

WeirWulfApr 18, 20161 votes

Whoops, I accidentally added a comma after the link; https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtySionMains

RalanrApr 18, 20162 votes

I have found my people.

BeatzBoyFTWApr 18, 20161 votes

It's highly recommended that you poke with your Q after Maokai happens to use his Q for minion wave clearing. Never use a move where the opponent has a single disability move available at certain times.