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The Undead Juggernaut

Sion Top build & stats

TankFighter C 270 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
46.3%
Pick rate
3.6%
Ban rate
0.9%
Division
All divisions

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 Shield
Doran's Shield
450 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
66.7% 3 games

Finish these three

Unending Despair
Unending Despair
2,800 gold
Thornmail
Thornmail
2,450 gold
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
3,000 gold
8,250 gold
47.1% WR 17 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
52.4% 126 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
55.1% WR
49 games · 18% 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
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
47.3% 245 games

Max order

Decimating Smash Q Soul Furnace W Roar of the Slayer E
60.0% 5 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 46.3% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (270 games).
  • Most common core: Unending Despair → Thornmail → Heartsteel — 47% win rate over 17 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 83% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Ornn (55% over 11 games). Hardest: Sett (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Thornmail
Thornmail
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
47.1% WR
17 games · 6% pick
Overlord's Bloodmail
Overlord's Bloodmail
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
Titanic Hydra
Titanic Hydra
30.0% WR
10 games · 4% pick
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis
37.5% WR
8 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
66.7% WR
3 games · 1% pick
Doran's Helm
Doran's Helm
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
2 games · 1% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
52.4% WR
126 games · 47% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
47.9% WR
71 games · 26% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
37.3% WR
59 games · 22% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
53.3% 22% (60)
52.1% 26% (71)
50.8% 44% (120)
49.6% 48% (129)
48.3% 11% (29)
46.6% 21% (58)
45.9% 14% (37)
43.2% 27% (74)
42.9% 10% (28)
33.3% 8% (21)
30.3% 12% (33)
29.2% 9% (24)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
47.8% WR
67 games · 25% 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
55.1% WR
49 games · 18% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Legend: Haste Triumph
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
45.5% WR
33 games · 12% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Cash Back Approach Velocity

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. 50.0%83% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 31.7%15% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 20.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 47.3%91% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 38.9%7% pick
  • Teleport Ignite Teleport + Ignite 66.7%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Decimating Smash Q Soul Furnace W Roar of the Slayer E 60.0%5 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (67%), W → Q → E (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...