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The Undead Juggernaut

Sion build & stats

TankFighter A 126 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
54.8%
Pick rate
5.0%
Ban rate
0.0%
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

Finish these three

Unending Despair
Unending Despair
2,800 gold
Thornmail
Thornmail
2,450 gold
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
3,000 gold
8,250 gold
61.5% WR 13 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
60.0% 85 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
57.1% WR
35 games · 28% 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 Mark
50.9% 108 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 54.8% of games as any role on patch 16.17 (126 games).
  • Most common core: Unending Despair → Thornmail → Heartsteel — 62% win rate over 13 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 76% of games with a 53% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Thornmail
Thornmail
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
61.5% WR
13 games · 10% pick
Thornmail
Thornmail
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
30.0% WR
10 games · 8% pick
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
50.0% WR
6 games · 5% pick

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
60.0% WR
85 games · 67% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
37.5% WR
24 games · 19% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
75.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
71.4% 6% (7)
60.0% 12% (15)
57.1% 6% (7)
57.1% 6% (7)
56.9% 46% (58)
56.6% 84% (106)
56.5% 37% (46)
56.3% 13% (16)
51.4% 29% (37)
48.8% 33% (41)
47.4% 15% (19)
46.2% 10% (13)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
57.1% WR
35 games · 28% 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
Resolve Resolve + Domination Domination
37.5% WR
24 games · 19% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Cheap Shot Ultimate Hunter
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
56.3% WR
16 games · 13% pick
Aftershock Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Legend: Haste Triumph

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. 53.1%76% pick
  • Aftershock Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. 50.0%14% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 66.7%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 50.9%86% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 75.0%3% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 100.0%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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...