Board Thread:Game discussion/@comment-24530424-20140210175634/@comment-24208043-20141110202223

Only at low levels his mana pool suffer's because he hasn't leveled up to his larger mana pool. Don't need mana at all if you've leveled up quickly or have a blue buff.

Another way of avoiding building mana on Sion is to make sure he can get back to lane quickly after restoring it at his spawn. Sion's Ult is great transportation and stun lock on nearby towers is horrific doing so. Teleport gets you back there in time and when Sion has boots with a movement increase item hes good at getting in any position that works for him. With Tri-force and boots he can chase, hunt, and slaughter Teemo all over the map.

This also works with Sion's lack of sustain through LifeSteal/SpellVamp/HealthRegen. Life steal isn't great on him due to him not auto attacking very often. Spell vamp isn't great either due to his CD's ability times. Health Regen requires a lot of health regen to keep up with damage dealt to him in battle but out of it; it will take awhile. His best sustain is just having huge amounts of health and Items near 100 damage reduction in armor and Magic resist. Just go to spawn to get that huge health bar refilled too.

Sion is a undead human weapon that needs daily tune ups from his master's to keep him going after all.

This is coming from a Sion player that build's him into a fighter though.