Sion came to TFT with his huge axes and a spirit that would last even if he died, knowing his favourite targets, which are the backline.
Sion dashes to 3 hexes, damaging all enemies he passes through, knocking them up and stunning them with so much more damage to enemies he targets in the backline.
In this article, we will talk about the combos to place Sion within, his best items, and how to make sure you get to the first place using the huge tank in your games.
It's murdering time!
Sion is one of the best choices when it comes to picking a huge tank for your frontlines in Noxus Town that can have a lot of crowd control and do tons of damage.
Also, Sion is a bruiser who gets a lot of extra health when he is placed in the right combo, making him unkillable, and even if he died, he would return for revenge!
Sion’s stats, traits, and items are all to be discussed down below to make sure you get the best outcome from placing him on your team.
Best Sion builds in TFT Set 9
Sion’s stats:
- Cost: 5 Gold
- Health: 1000 / 1800 / 3240
- Mana: 70 / 160
- Armor: 60
- MR: 60
- Ability Power: 100
- DPS: 42 / 76 / 136
- Damage: 70 / 126 / 227
- Atk Spd: 0.6
- Crit Rate: 25%
- Range: 1
Sion’s traits:
1. Noxus
champions gain Health, Ability Power and Attack Damage. This is increased by 10% for each different opponent that either you have conquered in combat or is dead.
- 3 160 Health, 16 Ability Power, 16% Attack Damage
- 6 300 Health, 28 Ability Power, 28% Attack Damage
- 9 500 Health, 45 Ability Power, 45% Attack Damage
2. Bruiser
Your units gain 100 Health. Bruisers gain additional maximum Health.
- 2 10% max Health
- 4 35% max Health
- 6 70% max Health
Sion’s ability
Glory in Death
Passive: Upon death, reanimate with 100% Health, decaying per second. Sion can no longer use his ability but is immune to Crowd Control and gains 150% Ability Power Attack Speed.
Active: Charge towards the most enemies within 3 + Attack Range hexes. Deal physical damage to any enemies along the way and knock them up, Stunning them.
- Reanimation Health Decay: 12% / 8% / 0%
- Charge Damage: 225% / 235% / 500%
- Stun Duration: 1.25 / 1.5 / 15
Carousel priority:
These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:
Sion’s best items
1. Warmog’s Armor
Grant 500 bonus Health.
2. Sunfire Cape
Grant 100 bonus Health. Every 2 seconds, an enemy within 2 hexes is 10% Burned and 33% Wounded for 10 seconds.
3. Redemption
Heal allies within 1 hex for 15% of their missing Health every 5 seconds. They also take 25% less multi-target damage for 5 seconds (damage reduction does not stack).
Best comps for Sion
3. NOXUS WILL RISE
Synergies:
- 6 Noxus
- 3 Shurima
- 2 Jaggernaut
- 2 Strategist
This is a normal reroll to level 8 with a good economy to make sure you level up your mains so you can win.
This comp revolves around Katarina and Azir as the main damage providers, while having the noxus members in the frontline to sustain enough damage.
Best build for this comp:
1. Azir is one of the main damage dealers as a Shurima who gets additional attack speed and healing while sharing the strategist trait, which provides the frontline with more tankiness and the backline with more damage.
2. Katarina is your second main damage dealer, as she shares the noxus trait, which provides her with additional stats, making her able to sustain more damage and turning her blades into a lethal weapon.
3. Sion is a great tank on the frontlines as he can sustain tons of damage, and if he dies, he won’t; he will just return to deal more damage.
4. Darius is one of the greatest frontlines in TFT, as he can sustain tonnes of damage while dealing more damage.
5. Nasus is a great frontliner, sharing the Jaggernaut trait, which makes him and Darius stronger tanks.
6. Kled will be adding to the noxus trait and sustaining a lot of damage to buy time for the backlines to deal the damage needed.
7. Swain is a critical pick as he can add to both the Strategist and noxus traits.
8. Cassiopia is a great pick in the backlines, especially in the early game, as she can deal tons of damage from the backlines.
2. FEEL THE COLD
Synergies:
- 3 Targon
- 3 Frejlord
- 3 Invoker
- 2 Bastion
- 2 Bruiser
- 2 Deadeye
This is a fast reroll to level 8, making sure you have a great economy to make sure you level up the four cost champions to at least level 2.
This comp revolves around healing and picking the backlines, so any augment that would increase your healing should be picked.
Best build for this comp:
1. Aphelios is the main damage dealer in this comp, as his attack speed can go up to insane levels while sharing both the targon trait that increases the heal and the deadeye trait that would pick off the backlines.
2. Sejuani is one of the strongest tanks in the game, as she shares both the Frejlord trait, which freezes enemies and increases tankiness, and the Bruiser trait, which increases maximum health.
3. Shen is a great pick as he shares Invoker and Bastion traits, which will turn him into a great tank along with Taric and increase the speed of mana for the team.
4. Sion is going to be more like a wall, as he would be sharing the Bruiser trait with Sejuani, making them unkillable.
5. Taric is a must as he shares both the Targon trait, which will greatly increase the healing of the team, and the Bastion trait, which increases his defensive stats.
6. Soraka would be the third targon, healing the team, and the second invoker, increasing their incoming mana.
7. Lissandra would deal some great damage on the frontlines while freezing enemies and activating the Frejlord trait.
8. Ashe will be the 3rd Frejlord and 2nd Deadeye member, so she is a must on your team.
1. BRUIIISSERRS
Synergies:
- 6 Bruisers
- 3 Void
- 2 Frejlord
- 2 Challenger
This is a fast reroll to level 8 with a great economy to make sure you get your 3 cost champions to level 3 and your 4 cost champions to level 2 at least.
This comp revolves around Kai’Sa and Kalista being your main damage dealers while having all the frontline to sustain the damage.
Best build for this comp:
1. Kai’sa will be the main damage dealer in this comp while sharing the void and challenger traits.
2. Kalista is one of the strongest Tier 3 champions as she can erase tanks, sharing the challenger trait.
3. Sejuani is one of the strongest frontlines, sharing frejlord and bruiser traits, which make her a tough tank.
4. Lissandra would sustain a lot of damage while sharing the Frejlord trait, which will form a snowstorm that freezes enemies.
5. Sion will add a lot to your team as a huge tank sharing the bruiser trait.
6. Vi will be the 3rd bruiser, which will sustain tons of damage on the frontlines.
7. Rek’Sai is the 4th bruiser in this comp while sharing the void trait to summon the void creatures.
8. Cho’Gath will be your 6th bruiser and 3rd void, which is a critical pick in your team.