Sion Wild Rift Build & Guide

Ideally, Wild Rift Sion needs to opt for keystone and runes that further enhance his health and overall survivability over time especially in teamfights.

Grasp of the Undying: Sion has no mobility aside from his ultimate, hence it is best to equip Grasp of the Undying for keystone as it ensures and increases Sion’s sustain with heal and permanent health increase. Furthermore, Grasp of the Undying also inflates Sion’s chances of winning a duel or teamfight with the enhanced attack that scales off of Sion’s health, bonus attack damage, or ability power.

Triumph: Triumph prolongs Sion’s presence in skirmishes from champion takedowns using Triumph. Triumph restores a small portion of the champion’s health after killing an enemy or assisting with it. At the same time, Triumph aids Sion in killing off opponents below 35% health with the increased damage.

Conditioning: Conditioning plays a part in Sion’s scaling. Conditioning gradually increases a champion’s armor and magic resistance over time. This implies that the longer the game takes, the higher armor and magic resistance he’ll obtain.

Hunter-Titan: Hunter-Titan works best on Sion especially if the team is winning. Upon unique champion takedown, Sion gains a stack of Titan. With each stack, it rewards bonus health. Hunter-Titan also favors the situation where most of your opponents have strong crowd control abilities that are hard to dodge, as this rune provides tenacity as well, that reduces the duration of cc effects.

Demolish: Sion shines best at split-pushing, that even his ultimate, Unstoppable Onslaught can impair turrets. In order to take down turrets quickly, Sion needs to have the Demolish rune. At maximum stacks, the champion’s next basic attack will inflict damage with the bonus adaptive damage.

Generally, these are the best spells that must be equipped for Sion in Wild Rift.

Flash has become a necessity and a staple for most players, that having it on cooldown somehow and sometimes puts you at a disadvantage. Same thing can be applied to to the Undead Juggernaut. Flash offers mobility that comes into rescue for anyone who aims to get out of risky situations, secure kill or to accompany their favorite combo. Specifically for Sion, he does not have any mobility skill that may use to get out of combat and he can only then rely on Flash. Sion can also do the Flash Q combo to surprise some opponents.
Ignite gradually burns the target enemy inflicting continuous true damage. This complements to Sion’s chain of combo. There may be a chance for them to escape from Sion, but not Death with ignite on his kit. This also works well against champions with strong healing and lifesteal such as Dr. Mundo, Darius and Kayle. Other spells that he can take are Exhaust and Barrier. Exhaust reduces damage dealt of opponents and their movement speed. Apply exhaust before unleashing your combo to lessen the chance of getting out of the range of his abilities. If you are heavily countered, Barrier can save you from having several deaths by providing you a shield.

At the beginning of the game, you may pick between 1st ability, Decimating Smash and 2nd ability, Soul Furnace for Wild Rift Sion. Generally, it is better to start off with Soul Furnace. Not only does it grant shield, but after few seconds it detonates inflicting magic damage to nearby enemies, surrounding Sion which is crucial in early trading. If you are more of an aggressive player, equip Decimating Smash first so you can wait in a bush with or without your teammate to gain an early kill or to possibly burn their spell. For the skills, it is however recommended to max Decimating Smash first before Soul Furnace for damage amplification and to also lower its cooldown. Meanwhile, Sion’s ultimate, Unstoppable Onslaught must be prioritized at all times by upgrading it as soon as it’s available (level 5, 9, 13)

During the start of the game, it is recommended to begin with Soul Furnace to poke out enemies upon detonating it provided that your shield is still up. Or perhaps, aim for an early kill or advantage by hiding in a bush without your enemies’ knowledge.

For the laning phase or post-level 5, Wild Rift Sion has fewer champions that can counter him and he outshines other melee champs, thanks to his abilities that allows him to deal area-of-effect damages, and even lock them into an area with several slows, knock-ups and stuns.

In a good match-up, try to poke opponents with Soul Furnace or Roar of the Slayer. Decimating Smash will also do, regardless whether you fully charge it or not as it deals decent amount of damage anyway.

For bad matchups, and if you are laning against lane bullies and ranged baron laners, it is best to focus on farming and wait for the right moment to engage, especially with the help of your mid-laner or jungler.

In case of a gank from your allies, use your third ability on a minion across your target or on the target per se if they are close enough before knocking them up with Decimating Smash. Or you may opt to have your jungler or mid-laner to cast their crowd control abilities first to make sure that you will not miss your knock-up.

Also, it is important to take note that Sion does not have other mobility that can help him escape dangerous situations like ganks. So, do not forget to place a ward on the river, providing you vision and immediately inform you of possible threats. Likewise, it is also optimal to make sure that the minion wave is positioned close to your side so as to not become vulnerable to ganks.

Sion reaches his power spike at level 5, where he can finally upgrade his ultimate. Unstoppable Onslaught does not only help his own lane, but it can also put pressure on other lanes particularly on mid lane. With the massive movement speed that he’s getting from his ultimate, Sion can immediately reach the target lane to help his teammates, or achieve a successful gank.

Help team secure objectives, or split-push during the mid-game as Sion excels at tearing down enemy structures. Likewise, Sion has a strong dueling potential enabling him to win 1v1.

Most of the champions at this point have scaled already. Hence, it is best for Wild Rift Sion to stick and group with your team especially if the Baron or Dragon is alive.  Exploit your tankiness and shield from Soul Furnace to tank and take damages for your team in the front line. Unstoppable Onslaught can be utilized even at short range, although the effects are reduced. This can come in handy in initiating teamfights or peeling for allies. Synergize with your allies by using your abilities with low cooldowns in running down your opponents.

It is best to pair Wild Rift Sion with champions that can highly benefit from his knock-ups and kit, or those who can help him in the lane.

Yasuo requires knock-up and airborne ability, not just from himself in order to cast his ultimate, Last Breath. This is particularly the reason why Sion needs Yasuo and same goes can be said for him. After landing Decimating Smash, Yasuo can immediately follow up with his ultimate prolonging their suffering as they get knocked-up again.

Perks of having a Vi on your team is that, she can easily perform ganks on your lane with no sweat with her Vault Breaker (Q) , charging her gauntlet and knocking back opponents with it. Sion benefits well from having a jungler who can land any form of crowd control effects, even a slow to easily land his Decimating Smash. Good gank and good crowd controls often results to gaining a score.