@Riot Sion buffs ? when ?

Sion was my most favourite top laner to play with back in s5 , but right now i just dont feel like it not because i don't like him anymore , it is because he doesnt do well in this meta anymore and he has been like that since the shield nerf back in mid season 5 i agree you nerfed his E because it was insanely op , but his shield is useless at the early levels , i mean it gets exploded by 1 auto from a champion and few minion shots , and he also dont get the nasus treatment .. since the shield nerf sion dropped from being a good meta tank into a below balanced champion , it was the only ability that make him able to trade since it was harder to escape from than his other abilities , his abilities are way too easy to dodge them for so many champs aka vayne lucian riven and garen can just q towards him and stop him from channeling , Fiora also can shit on him in lane and so does Gp . you nerfed frozen heart which was one of his core items , many sion builds rely on that item due to the mana cost on his W . i suggest you buff again the w shield strength and reduce mana cost . This option will allow him to get some beef back into his lvl 1 shield and gives him the flexibility to max e early without gimping his mid game teamfight. Maintaining the 3s delay will keep it from being as oppressive as in his glory days. Probably not a good idea given how oppressive e max can be, but would strengthen his ability to handle mobile and ranged opponents q max can't handle.

• Make e a 1 point wonder. Sion's strength in lane is his cc combo of e slow into q slam. As it stands though, that combo is difficult to pull off unless you max e first, which gimps the aoe teamfight tools of his q and w. Lvl 1 e has double the cd of maxed q and a somewhat weak 40% slow, which is part of why people max e. If you want to favor the q>w>e skill order, reducing the lvl 1 cd or setting the slow to a flat 50% would be good ways to make it useful in lane even if you max q first. Sion should be buffed at least a little bit , he is just so off meta right now .. sion just feels like sol right now , great rework that took them almost 1 year and a half to do then no one is playing him . Sorry for the wall of text and my bad english !