Talk:Sion/@comment-24055932-20141001204703/@comment-15244341-20141001211921

1.Not sure on the Death thing, but Sion can actually duo Baron with someone pretty easily with some items. His shield is just that good.

2. He gains100% Lifesteal while his passive is active.

3.No he can't, but the skill is better than what it sounds like if you use it for zoning or following up on your teammates hard CC. One second charges aren't hard to pull off and the knockup AoE is pretty amazing for the spell's cooldown.

Of note is that his toplane is really bad vs ranged champions but he is surprisingly okay against most melees. The shield is pretty dumb, actually. He clears the jungle like a beast, owing to his shield and his Q, which he can fully charge for each camp and thus deal insane damage with no problem. He is a poor ganker but he is A+ at following ganks, especially post 6, since the lockdown he provides is insane vs 1 target and if your jungler has any Hard CC the opposing laner is going to get comboed for at least a full extra second.

And yes, his ult is evadeable, but his lane ganks are actually really good. It's hard to evade them since most people never lane ward the opponents lane, so Sion normally appears from fog at a high movespeed and he combines really really well with any support with initiation. Nami is actually 100% the best bot lane to pair a top/jungle Sion with. The Tsunami on top of his ult is pure murder as a gank combo.

That said, he requires team cooperation to shine, so your solo queue experience might be not that great at low ELO. Also, his strengths are more oriented around zoning and being in the middle of a teamfight soaking damage than dealing damage or initiating, which is a niche that probably most people don't care about filling in most teamcomps. You probably will need at least someone to followup/setup Sion's initiation for him to shine.