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The Undead Juggernaut

Sion Top build & stats

TankFighter C 2,810 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
49.3%
Pick rate
3.0%
Ban rate
0.6%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Helm
Doran's Helm
450 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
59.5% 42 games

Build in this order

Sunfire Aegis 1
Sunfire Aegis
2,800 gold
Unending Despair 2
Unending Despair
2,800 gold
Spirit Visage 3
Spirit Visage
2,700 gold
8,300 gold
88.9% WR 9 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
55.3% 152 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
71.4% WR
14 games · 0% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

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

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Ghost Teleport
72.4% 29 games

Max order

Decimating Smash Q Soul Furnace W Roar of the Slayer E
52.6% 97 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Sion

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Sion wins 49.3% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (2,810 games).
  • Most common core: Hollow Radiance → Unending Despair → Jak'Sho, The Protean — 60% win rate over 5 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 72% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Warwick (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Anivia (18% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Sunfire Aegis 1
Sunfire Aegis
Unending Despair 2
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage 3
Spirit Visage
100.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Hollow Radiance 1
Hollow Radiance
Unending Despair 2
Unending Despair
Jak'Sho, The Protean 3
Jak'Sho, The Protean
33.3% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.9% WR
53 games · 2% pick
Doran's Helm
Doran's Helm
Health Potion
Health Potion
59.5% WR
42 games · 1% pick
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
83.3% WR
6 games · 0% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
49.4% WR
419 games · 15% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
48.8% WR
172 games · 6% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
55.3% WR
152 games · 5% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
56.6% 4% (106)
54.9% 3% (71)
53.7% 4% (123)
52.3% 16% (436)
52.1% 2% (48)
51.2% 7% (207)
50.6% 6% (162)
50.0% 5% (146)
48.6% 1% (37)
47.6% 4% (105)
46.4% 6% (168)
44.9% 6% (176)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
48.9% WR
135 games · 5% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

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

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
56 games · 2% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Legend: Haste Triumph
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
45.5% WR
22 games · 1% pick
Stormraider's Surge Manaflow Band Absolute Focus Gathering Storm Conditioning Demolish

Keystones

  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 50.6%24% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 37.0%2% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 43.8%1% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 75.0%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 48.0%23% pick
  • Teleport Ignite Teleport + Ignite 63.6%1% pick
  • Ghost Teleport Ghost + Teleport 72.4%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Decimating Smash Q Soul Furnace W Roar of the Slayer E 52.6%97 games
Decimating Smash Q Roar of the Slayer E Soul Furnace W 33.3%3 games
Soul Furnace W Decimating Smash Q Roar of the Slayer E 0.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: W → Q → E (57%), Q → W → E (50%), Q → E → W (50%).

  • PGlory in Death

    After being killed, Sion will temporarily reanimate with rapidly decaying Health. His attacks become very rapid, heal him, and deal bonus damage based on his target's maximum Health.

  • QDecimating Smash

    Sion charges a powerful swing in an area in front of himself that will deal damage to enemies when released. If he charges for enough time, enemies hit by the swing will also be knocked up and stunned.

  • WSoul Furnace

    Sion shields himself and can reactivate after 3 seconds to deal Magic Damage to enemies nearby. When Sion kills enemies, he passively gains maximum Health.

  • ERoar of the Slayer

    Sion fires a short range shockwave that damages and slows and reduces the Armor of the first enemy hit. If the shockwave hits a minion or monster, it will be knocked back, damaging, slowing, and reducing the Armor of all...

  • RUnstoppable Onslaught

    Sion charges in a direction, ramping up speed over time. He can steer his charge slightly with the mouse cursor location. When he collides with an enemy he deals damage and knocks them up based on the distance he has cha...