An estimate of Sion's damage potential

Glory ln Death·8/15/2016, 10:10:55 PM·26 votes·2,463 views

Here is an estimate of what Sion's ult can do in real life:

Math has been left out because I already had to remake this post once, and I'm too lazy to do it all again.

* Sion's base speed is 2.76 m/s
* Sion's max ult speed is 7.6 m/s (27.36 km/h or almost exactly 17 mph)
* Assuming constant acceleration to max speed over 4 seconds, Sion will travel 51.12 meters during his ult (if uninterrupted)
* If Sion were to compete in the 100 meter dash, he would finish in 14.43 seconds (an average time for an adult male is 15-20 seconds - without armor and weapons, and having two good feet)

Now, for the real meat:

* Based on some research around heavyweight boxers (seems appropriate to find Sion-like individuals), an appropriate weight for Sion (without armor) can be estimated around 110 kg (just over 240 lbs)
* His armor is not a full suit, but is considerably thicker than that of a normal medieval knight's. Add in his metal boot/stub and his soul furnace, and we can assume his armor weighs roughly the same as a knight's - about 20 kg or 45 lbs.
* His axe is ridiculously large. The largest I could find with a weight had a head of 1.5 ft across weighing 10 lbs. Tiny. Based on the size of Sion's axe, I will assume it weighs approximately the same as his armor.
* Therefore, Sion's total weight with armor is estimated as 150 kg or 330 lbs
* We can now calculate the force of impact from Sion's full speed ult (estimating a 0.2 second stopping time) as 5700 Newtons. This would feel as though something weighing 581 kg (1281 lbs) was sitting on you.

Conclusion: Ouch.

31 Comments

Skelenth8/15/2016, 10:38:17 PM28 votes

And it doesn't even deal that much damage.

If I just knew how high Pantheon was jumping...

Shadòw8/15/2016, 10:18:23 PM12 votes

You had too much free time didn't you

KING OF MASKS8/16/2016, 3:38:37 AM5 votes

I've always gotten the impression that Sion is actually much larger than your average human. A real colossus, y'know.

Golden Tager X8/16/2016, 1:55:28 AM3 votes

Actually his axe is probably heavier, people made a Darius axe sized properly and it weighed 316 pounds, Sion has a bigger axe.

Dynikus8/15/2016, 10:22:25 PM3 votes

15-20 seconds sounds absurdly slow for an average adult male's 100m.

Regu1us 98/16/2016, 3:36:15 AM2 votes

I think Sion is a LOT bigger than 240lb. In these crude size comparisons (taken from Lolking model viewer at default zoom) you can see that Sion is really tall and wide, much larger than what I would expect a heavyweight boxer to look like compared to Ahri. I have no math, but it seems like you could add some to that weight.

TyrekGoldenspear8/16/2016, 12:54:43 AM1 votes

How does anyone survive these ults again? O_O

Pale Pirate8/16/2016, 11:16:50 AM1 votes

Sion would also probably die, with his target possibly stuck on him as one object.

tacofacefart8/16/2016, 6:16:56 PM1 votes

zillian and ekko run through time. so they go faster than the speed of light.