Heavy-pressure frontline build: Sion is not worth only because he tanks, but because he occupies space before the fight, absorbs enemy time, and forces the opposing team to answer a body they cannot ignore. The build must reinforce that presence pressure as much as raw durability.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
13,950 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,400 total cost +450g
Physical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,500 total cost +550g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Sion gains value by absorbing damage and staying in fights. This build maximizes durability.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
trades frequent with Q Soul Furnace activate Grasp to a HP growing without limit.
Takes advantage of passive post-mortem Glory in Death to destroy structures even mort.
Lane sustain maintain a pressure constant and keep'accumulate HP.
Amplifies the passive Glory in Death by accumulating maximum HP bonus.
The burn rides your long-range E poke — you chip opponents before the first charged Q.
Overgrowth
Perseverance
