I can confirm.....

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And it had nothing to do with a Gold IV laning against a Bronze III?

Actually, AD Sion is super oppressive if you can hit your ultimate. You stun and knock them up, which is enough time to Q and knock up, and both of them have heavy AD scaling compared to some things..... and then you just smack them with your autos for a few hits if needed..... which after R+Q combo, there is like 1 hp left of any squishy if that. Also he gets health based on CS and kills..... so yeah xD tanky with extreme damage. Makes for one rough game.