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Sion Build 26.21

Sion is a walking siege weapon with a second life built in. His chargeable Q slams down a long knockup, his ult sends him barreling across the map to knock up whatever he crashes into, and when he dies he stands back up as a raging zombie for one more swing. Playable but nothing scary at 50.3% and trending up, he is at his best starting fights nobody asked for and soaking the damage that follows.

#62 of 141 top this patch · 5.3k games

Win rate50.3%+0.7Games5.3kPick rate3.6%Ban rate0.7%Last 8 patches+0.4 since 26.14Damage profilei

AP 36%AD 62%True 2%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 50.3% WR

Spells

Flash + Teleport Start

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB49.4%AhriMidA50.9%AkaliMidC49.0%AkshanMidA51.2%AlistarSupportS52.7%AmbessaTopD46.8%AmumuJungleA51.2%AniviaMidB50.2%AnnieMidA51.9%ApheliosAD CarryB50.0%AsheAD CarryB49.8%Aurelion SolMidB50.6%AuroraMidB50.3%AzirMidD46.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleA51.7%BlitzcrankSupportA51.7%BrandSupportB50.0%BraumSupportB50.0%BriarJungleA51.9%CaitlynAD CarryC48.2%CamilleTopB50.7%CassiopeiaMidC49.1%Cho'GathJungleS52.5%CorkiAD CarryB49.4%DariusTopB50.7%DianaJungleC49.2%Dr. MundoTopA51.1%DravenAD CarryB50.5%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleA51.5%EvelynnJungleB50.5%EzrealAD CarryD47.3%FiddlesticksJungleA51.3%FioraTopA51.9%FizzMidS52.5%GalioMidC49.3%GangplankTopB50.7%GarenTopA52.3%GnarTopC49.2%GragasTopB49.8%GravesJungleC49.0%GwenTopB50.2%HecarimJungleB50.1%HeimerdingerTopB50.2%HweiMidA51.1%IllaoiTopA51.0%IreliaTopB50.4%IvernJungleA52.5%JannaSupportA51.4%Jarvan IVJungleC49.3%JaxTopB50.0%JayceTopC48.5%JhinAD CarryB49.3%JinxAD CarryB50.4%K'SanteTopD46.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB50.7%KalistaAD CarryB49.7%KarmaSupportC48.3%KarthusJungleB50.7%KassadinMidC48.7%KatarinaMidA52.1%KayleTopA51.9%KaynJungleA51.0%KennenTopB50.5%Kha'ZixJungleB50.1%KindredJungleA52.0%KledTopB50.5%Kog'MawAD CarryA50.9%LeBlancMidB50.4%Lee SinJungleC48.0%LeonaSupportA51.7%LilliaJungleA51.5%LissandraMidA51.2%LockeMidB49.2%LucianAD CarryC48.5%LuluSupportB49.4%LuxSupportB49.4%MalphiteTopA51.2%MalzaharMidB50.2%MaokaiSupportB49.6%Master YiJungleB50.2%MelMidD46.2%MilioSupportB49.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryA51.1%MordekaiserTopA50.9%MorganaSupportB50.5%NaafiriJungleC48.4%NamiSupportB50.2%NasusTopB50.5%NautilusSupportB50.0%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.3%NilahAD CarryB50.2%NocturneJungleC48.0%Nunu & WillumpJungleB50.3%OlafTopA51.1%OriannaMidD47.7%OrnnTopA51.1%PantheonTopB49.6%PoppySupportA51.7%PykeSupportB50.0%QiyanaJungleD47.1%QuinnJungleB49.5%RakanSupportB50.8%RammusJungleC48.8%Rek'SaiJungleB50.7%RellSupportS53.1%Renata GlascSupportC48.3%RenektonTopB50.0%RengarJungleB49.3%RivenTopB49.5%RumbleTopD46.0%RyzeMidD46.4%SamiraAD CarryB50.2%SejuaniJungleA51.4%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.9%SettTopA51.5%ShacoJungleA52.3%ShenTopA51.4%ShyvanaJungleB50.1%SingedTopA51.1%SionTopB50.3%SivirAD CarryA51.2%SkarnerJungleS53.2%SmolderAD CarryB49.8%SonaSupportA51.8%SorakaSupportB50.1%SwainSupportC48.9%SylasMidB49.3%SyndraMidB50.4%Tahm KenchSupportB50.2%TaliyahJungleS+54.4%TalonJungleB49.6%TaricSupportA51.9%TeemoTopA50.8%ThreshSupportA51.8%TristanaAD CarryB50.6%TrundleTopB50.2%TryndamereTopA51.3%Twisted FateMidA51.8%TwitchAD CarryA52.0%UdyrJungleA51.7%UrgotTopB50.6%VarusAD CarryB49.7%VayneAD CarryC48.1%VeigarMidB50.5%Vel'KozSupportB50.2%VexMidS52.7%ViJungleC49.3%ViegoJungleB49.3%ViktorMidD47.5%VladimirMidB50.1%VolibearTopD47.7%WarwickJungleA52.2%WukongJungleB50.2%XayahAD CarryB50.8%XerathMidA51.2%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.3%YasuoMidA50.9%YoneMidB49.4%YorickTopC49.3%YunaraAD CarryB49.5%YuumiSupportC49.0%ZaahenTopA51.1%ZacJungleB49.7%ZedMidC48.5%ZeriAD CarryA51.8%ZiggsAD CarryB50.8%ZileanSupportA51.7%ZoeMidA51.6%ZyraSupportA52.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Sion was built in the classic eraSion Classic Build

When Is Sion Strongest?

The mid-game item window is the high point of the curve, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. Sion's plan is to open a fight with the charging ult or a full swing from the fog, break the enemy line, and force them to burn everything just to put him down twice.

Game timeline · Sion drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:30

Ambush zone8:06–9:36 Power spike 13:21

12:07

13:21

12:07

20:15

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 53/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~5k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Plated Steelcaps · 12:07

Sion Item Build

Sion is an undead juggernaut who stacks health forever and refuses to stay dead. The build piles on durability so his shield holds, his charged swing hurts, and he can dive a whole team, then keep swinging after they think they've put him down.

Standard loadout · Sion The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Shield×1

Health Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps72% · 50.6%

Mercury's Treads28% · 50.0%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.S

Spirit Visage33658.9%J

Jak'Sho, The Protean79352.0%H

Hollow Radiance1.6k51.5%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.T

Thornmail1.2k52.9%S

Sunfire Aegis1.1k52.1%J

Jak'Sho, The Protean79352.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.Y

Youmuu's Ghostblade39047.2%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration62851.4%S

Stealth Ward3.5k50.5%O

Oracle Lens1.1k48.9%

Best Sion Runes

Grasp of the Undying is the pick, and it rewards how Sion opens fights. He lands the first big hit with a charged Q or a full-speed ult, then wants to keep grinding while his shield absorbs the return fire. Stack the defensive runes and health so the engage that starts the fight does not also get him deleted before his team arrives.

The pre-game page Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Resolve Primary

Grasp of the UndyingEvery 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Demolish71% · 49.9%

Conditioning63% · 50.2%

Overgrowth78% · 50.4%

Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Approach Velocity57% · 51.0%

Cash Back52% · 51.1%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build Heartsteel into Unending Despair and turn every point of health into a threat. No one spike defines the game, so just play it straight. Unending Despair comes online by roughly 20 minutes, and his shield and charged Q start hitting hard enough that his engages are genuinely scary rather than just annoying. Prioritize the tankiness that lets his ult dives connect and his passive revive actually matter.

Sion Skill Order

Soul Furnace interrupts the max at 8, taking its second rank one level before Decimating Smash finishes at 9. Roar of the Slayer sits on its level 3 point until 14, so the armor shred stays at rank one all through mid game.

Skill order · Sion R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 1.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q24579max 9

W18101213max 13

E314151718max 18

R61116max 16

Sion Abilities

The pieces that keep him alive get overshadowed by the charge. Soul Furnace shields him and can pop a few seconds later for magic damage, while every kill stacks his maximum health, and Roar of the Slayer shreds armor and can knock a minion clean through a line of enemies.

Abilities · Sionpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Glory in DeathPassiveP

Decimating SmashMax 1stQ

Soul FurnaceMax 2ndW

Roar of the SlayerMax lastE

Unstoppable OnslaughtUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Decimating SmashPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXMinimum Damage+15 per rank+40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% ADlv 230lv 445lv 560lv 775lv 990Cooldown-1 per ranklv 210slv 49slv 58slv 77slv 96sConstant at every rankCost45same at all ranks

Sion Base Stats

Base stats · SionPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD68+4AS0.679+1.3%MS345Range175HP655+95HP59+0.8Armor36+4.2MR32+2.05MP400+52MP58+0.6

Sion Matchups

Sion's matchups hinge on connecting the charged swing. Give him a melee target to bully and he wins the trade, but ranged lanes that poke him down and stay clear of the windup make him whiff his way through laning phase.

Lane matchups · Sion click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Poke with E and W before committing to a fully charged Q.02Match their sustain by stacking W health from every last hit.03Build armor and outscale them into a durable teamfight frontline. Win rate by game lengthSion overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min48.5%20–28 min52.8%28–35 min49.8%Over 35 min46.7%

Percent-health damage and kiting threats like Gwen, Singed, and Darius chew through Sion's stacked health, so respect them and do not steer your ult into a wall of crowd control. He bullies Akali, Nasus, and Irelia, the melee brawlers and immobile picks that his charged Q and ult knockups simply run over. Use that long-range ult to gank a sidelane or start a fight before the enemy is set.

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