RoA + IBG +20% CDR Runes/Masteries AP Tank Sion seems a lot better top than AD Tank Sion

Kingsgrave·Nov 22, 2014·2 votes·972 views

You just max E for insane wave pushing on a low CD and then W second for an insane amount of shield and AoE health damage. Your lane and late game seem at least 3x better than AD Tank Sion's lane or late game.

From the games I played it didnt even matter that I had no AD for my Q since its a high ass total AD ratio and its mostly useful for the Stun if you happen to land it, which is rare anyway. Might as well get off the shield + E damage in fights.

You rush RoA and IBG then just build full tank like you normally would, getting either Visage/Locket or even something like the new Ohmwrecker

8 Comments

Redeemed RivênNov 22, 20141 votes

Idk, the ratios are god awful on his W. Are you really having that much trouble with mana that you need to build two of the highest mana value items in the game?

I don't play sion, but I can't see are 2 .4 (damage) ratios worth the purchase of a RoA. With the mana from ibg I can't see mana becoming an issue either.

KingsgraveNov 22, 20141 votes

Idk, the ratios are god awful on his W. Are you really having that much trouble with mana that you need to build two of the highest mana value items in the game?

I don't play sion, but I can't see are 2 .4 (damage) ratios worth the purchase of a RoA. With the mana from ibg I can't see mana becoming an issue either.

Sion gets more shield, even more damage on his E and more general burst from his Autos and is honestly tankier than AD Sion. You shift your damage to W and E instead of all of it being in your hard to hit Q

Tis a nice dayNov 22, 20141 votes

It would be an interesting build to try out, although Sion's ratios are pretty poor overall (0.4-0.6 for roar, 0.4 for shield).

KingsgraveNov 22, 20141 votes

It would be an interesting build to try out, although Sion's ratios are pretty poor overall (0.4-0.6 for roar, 0.4 for shield).

Your E in particular is 315+60% AP iirc on a 5ish CD Shield gets double benefit from building health and AP ie RoA

Your R doesn't scale any better with AD and your Q is total AD scaling so it doesn't get that much stronger granted you can actually land it consistently

NicoNicoREEEEEENov 22, 20141 votes

But Sion has damage even when you build him with only 2 tank items. If you were to go Ravenous, and then Botrk/Triforce/Youmuus,Cleaver, he is still insanely tanky and does hella damage. As long as you take advantage of your OP W passive and farm, you can easily get 3.5k hp and still have 280 AD.

AP sion does nothing but fall off. Besides, if you build IBG, hes basically AD isnt he? RoA doesnt add much besides a small amount of dmg and sustain. Its like trying to play Malphite with only RoA, IBG and tank. Yea you do dmg, but it falls off way harder than full AP malphite, or AD malphite.

KingsgraveNov 22, 20141 votes

But Sion has damage even when you build him with only 2 tank items. If you were to go Ravenous, and then Botrk/Triforce/Youmuus,Cleaver, he is still insanely tanky and does hella damage. As long as you take advantage of your OP W passive and farm, you can easily get 3.5k hp and still have 280 AD.

AP sion does nothing but fall off. Besides, if you build IBG, hes basically AD isnt he? RoA doesnt add much besides a small amount of dmg and sustain. Its like trying to play Malphite with only RoA, IBG and tank. Yea you do dmg, but it falls off way harder than full AP malphite, or AD malphite.

But then I'm relying on my q and r for damage not my w and e, which are a lot easier to land

I haven't noticed any falloff honestly, I'm not a main damage source anyway. But my E always chunked squishes even at 40 minutes