Talk:Sion/@comment-4875981-20140331035643/@comment-9048637-20140331190404

Just saying, "I'm Plat III here's what I think" is an argument from authority, considered a fallacy for a good reason. You haven't given us any reason why AD Sion is "terrible" beyond "'cause I say so". I'm sure you're very good at the game, but people at all levels of skill can be wrong. That's why justification, reasoned argument, is important. For instance, I might note that you seem to be comparing Sion not with bruisers but with melee carries. I understand that some people do build Sion that way, but I disagree with it; it is not how I play Sion. I play him as a lifesteal bruiser, capitalizing on his potentially infinite health from Enrage by buying a few heavy resistance items on him (like Frozen Heart and Spirit Visage), as well as Zephyr for AS and anti-kite and Hydra for AoE and more lifesteal. Point is, you seem to be condemning my way of playing Sion without having properly understood it or given it a chance. Of course, maybe you have played Sion this way and still have come to the conclusion that he is sub-par, but the point is, from what little you've written, we have no way of telling, no reason to lend you credit beyond "I'm good at this game". And sure, such credentials are nice, but they do not a sound argument make.

Also, while I can understand the frustration with having a champion you like and play a lot changed to essentially remove your favoured playstyle, I think, when it comes to AP Sion, you ned to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Firstly, Riot always intended Sion as an AD bruiser. Hence his massive steroids, innate tankiness and reliance on auto-attacks. His AP scalings are a relic from the day when all abilities, without exception, scaled AP. Unfortunately, people ultimately realized that AP Sion is nigh impossible to lane against, so they started playing him that way. It's a toxic style of gameplay though - Sion's opponents have very few options for counterplay in lane, and then after laning phase, AP Sion becomes practically useless for his team. That's why Riot are going to be making no effort to preserve it in his eventual rework, and why I wholeheartedly agree with that decision.