Talk:Sion/@comment-7760473-20141109213957/@comment-15244341-20141111023400

The passive is really good. That thing hurts like a bitch if you tank it and if you are in the middle of a teamfight, get killed as tank Sion and people start trying to kite you, that's spells and getting away from your dudes that are being used on a guy that is already dead. There can't be enough emphasis on this: ANYTHING done to you while the passive is active is essentially wasted. The frontline runs away? Your backline can now follow up. They used CC on you? Any other member of your frontline can now get there easier. Their backline run? Now they aren't DPSing anyone while your backline is. They want to tank? Good luck with that, because Sion hits like a freight train during passive time if ignored.

I believe the issue is that people want to use Sion to get kills. Sadly, Sion is a tank. Get over it or play Darius. He has a big axe and deals a lot of damage. Sion is the guy with the 500 HP shield on a 9 second cooldown plus a low cooldown AoE knockup. That by itself is amazing.

Passive buffs for 4.20 are also pretty promising. We'll see how long you can actually last on that thing after the changes as a full tank.