User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Sion, the Undead Champion/@comment-4384280-20140427054159/@comment-1330314-20140427060026

Thanks! I mentioned my hatred for attack speed on Sion a couple of times in the additional info sections: basically, it's a stat that makes no thematic sense on him. He's meant to be a big, sluggish monster whose every strike is slow but devastating. Instead, his most impactful ability has him slap people around at a dainty ~2 attacks per second. I actually sort of built his new kit to have him avoid building attack speed: he's much better off building raw AD for more damage, including the damage on his autoattacks, and getting lifesteal and defense on the side to bolster his resilience.

The new ultimate is... kind of a wild card. I know for sure that his current ult needs to go completely, but aside from that I essentially ran with what I found most appropriate. I always imagined him as a single-target killer, which is how my kit plays out, but I do feel that this ult gives him the potential to go up against the entire enemy team and murder them all if given the chance (and perhaps four more allies to back him up).