@Riot's champion rework team
So I wanted to take a moment to write some feed back for you guys. I am one of those weird black sheep, who primarly plays what ever is extremely unpopular. This means my various mains include such wondrous champions pre-reblanced and buffed champions as Malaphite, Sion, viktor, and last of all Karma then a slew of tanky initators. So I feel like I can safely talk upon those champions and the effects the changes have had on them.
Thus far I have enjoyed every rework, I have dropped only one of the those champs from my normal rotation. That being Karma, the old girl just doesn’t do it for me any more. That being said I recognize she was in a state that really needed to be touch up and its quite nice to see other people playing her. That aside the main thing I want to address is Sion.
I was some what horrified with the idea of the old bag of bones getting redone, I was dreading it. Now all I can say is THANK you! He's so freaking awesome, I feel like this champion was made for me, tank initiator. From the second I loaded into the game I knew how to play this character just by looking at him. His whole kit encourages this in your face style, he really has every thing he needs to be a great tank which is something some of the other kits lack. Let me explain, just being a damage sponge is not good enough unless you have a way to make your self be a viable target. In sion's case its the damage from his shield and the massive disruption he can cause with his Q in team fights its very hard to ignore him. I can't ever see my self getting tired of his new VO as well, its seems like the more I get stuck in the more sion has to say. So to who ever handle the design side of things, you really nailed it. Seriously every thing about his look, his sounds, his voice matches his abilities and kit so well. The clarity and steam lining of his skills was the one thing I was terrified of, now I wonder why. It is so nice to have 3 useful abilities instead of just one. The %health to damage scaling on his shield, was a magnificent choice.
His Ult though... holy crud this sealed the deal for me, I am a profound fan of such heros, and villians as the Juggernaut and the hulk. The first time I popped his ult and went pounding down the lane I found my self laughing in glee. My team mates are prob, pretty annoyed at this point as I can't help screaming things like MURRRRRRRRRRDEEEERRRRRRR, and I AM WAR into our voice chat. There is something undeniably satisfying in a character who shoots himself for his ult ;). When you come barreling down that lane picking up speed and slam into a mass of enemy’s like a freight train its simply glorious. Equally satisfying is its use as a counter ganking tool. Watching your poor adc nearly dead, and then 700 pounds of muscle comes bounding in like out of control semi hauling several hundred tons of pain , land a clutch top speed ult and save their butts, That kind of stuff is why I play tanks. I may not carry a team, but I know I damn well essential to ensure some one can.
I can tell you guys put a lot of time into this champion, and I just wanted to say Thanks. You really nailed it. So take heart I am sure I am not the only old sion player who is happy about it, and to those of you who are not pleased with the change, be happy that the old war dog is getting out of his kennel finally, cause hell it was about damn time. You've created a champion that has me Roaring battle cries every time i pop his ult, and laughing when i collide with a wall. speaking of that, what happens when an unstoppable force meets and irresistible object? I really need to go charge head first into braums shield.