User blog comment:NicknameMy/How to be a Lifesteal Tank, the Sion/@comment-4881935-20130807175056

Let's see what I can say about this champion...

Level 1-5 is going to be a b**** to play as him as he has zero forms of ability to sustain himself. Being aggressive will murder him unless he can just outright murder other champions in one quick trade, but if they can just not die in a burst and just do trades, you have like the 100% advantage against him.

Beyond those level, this champion is literally overpowered. Once he can build any form of lifesteal, he is going to crush anyone he reaches. With all his high base damage (because everything scales with his max health and not bonus), the fact that everything only scales with health, and that he gains absurd amount of free stats from both his growth per level and abilities, he is so going to be a tanky champion before even considering his life steal potential.

There is a reason why the concept of a life steal tank hasn't been done yet. Its extremely hard to balance it. The only true way to counter a life stealing champion is to just burst them before they can perform any lifesteal, but since he naturally tanky, and has like almost no reason but to build tanky, he is so going to survive burst.

The only real counter-play that any opponent has against him during the mid game is literally to never fight him. Avoid him at all cost because it really isn't worth fighting him as he will tank through everything and then starting healing absurb amout. And considering he has no mana, omg... he's just going to spam that Q until he hits his one target.

Now let's see what type of builds I suspect to see come out from him. Spirit Visage is a must for the cooldown, health, and MR. Radium Omen to stick to target's a lot easier. I see Blade of the Ruin King just because it gives all the offensive capabilities he needs. Toss in either a Atma's or Zeke Hearld because they work so well his kit (but just my like).

I don't... this seems like a horrible remake as this overall just makes him even more annoying to face with little forms of counter play, making it either frustrating as playing as Sion or playing against Sion. It's either you kite him all day until he eventually dies or you will die in a direct battle against him.

Omg, just remember, his passive wrecks marksmen... the only type of champion who made be able to out-damage his lifesteal potential.