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Sion's Roar of the Slayer should be considered single-targeting.

Starfish Fuko··4 votes·1,140 views
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Simply put, Sion's Roar of the Slayer takes on a different persona if it collides with a champion first. The armor reduction only applies when it hits a champion and affects no other target within the skillshot's range. I see no reason for this move to have AoE properties if it does not collide with a monster first.

A similar example is Karthus's Lay Waste (Q). This move is granted full spellvamp properties (in addition to extra damage) to striking a single target. An adverse example is Riot's decision to make Jhin's Deadly Flourish (W) a single targeting ability as long as it hits a champion in its path. These are both moves that have different entities upon meeting the right conditions and Sion's E should be classified as one of these special cases.

Of course if Sion strikes a monster first, the skill should retain its AoE properties as it transforms into a literal AoE skillhot.

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Jbels1 votes

Why do you care? Are you building Spellvamp on Sion? Are you going full AP? I think it's more important that Riot fix the damn bug where a minion will fly right through an enemy and not do anything at all rather than try and figure out whether or not it should be considered AOE when it only hits a champion

TheHowester1 votes

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Why do you care? Are you building Spellvamp on Sion? Are you going full AP? I think it's more important that Riot fix the damn bug where a minion will fly right through an enemy and not do anything at all rather than try and figure out whether or not it should be considered AOE when it only hits a champion

I didn't know there was a glitch like that. Is it similar to sion's glitch where he throws a minion, and it would stop in front of a champion, not doing anything?

Starfish Fuko1 votes

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Why do you care? Are you building Spellvamp on Sion? Are you going full AP?

Simply because it makes sense and the E that hits only a champion is not AoE. Changing it can make a difference for Vampirism, Spellvamp, Deathfire Torch, etc. It's a harmless change that makes sense essentially.

Jbels2 votes

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Simply because it makes sense and the E that hits only a champion is not AoE. Changing it can make a difference for Vampirism, Spellvamp, Deathfire Torch, etc. It's a harmless change that makes sense essentially.

Deathfire touch...on Sion...

Gadwar1 votes

Do you think it gives him to much power like that or what. He isn't an aa based champ so I belive good sion slowed u both when you guys were ganking him and it gave him a bit more dmg on his q? I don't really see why is that a problem. It isn't even a stun and it is a slow projectile. A lot of my experienced opponents are able to doget it when it doesn't hit the creep. Maybe don't run next to each other? Problem solved?

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