Talk:Sion/@comment-25532677-20141108033816/@comment-15244341-20141109122731

He is a tank. A tank that buys a brutalizer, if that makes sense. I've had some real success playing him like Nasus: farm in lane and don't go too aggro unless the other guy wants to trade. Brutalizer-FH-SV-Randuins-Banshees. Boots as you see fit and upgrade brutalizer to Ghostblade whenever (because best crit animation in the game). Also his damage isn't bad. It's not OMGWTFBBQ, but a fully charged Q mid game sting quite a bit if you have brutalizer. Late game you exist for CC, which is what all tanks do, so there is not much of a surprise there.

A play him sort of like a top Rengar, except with TP and going tank instead of assassin: lane gank bot at six. If you have success pick dragon and TP to top lane (with a back in between if you are too hurt) or just walk if the tower isn't in risk of dying. He does some mean TP ganks post 6 too. Just don't try and land a long range ult all the time and you'll find success.

His late game is fine. He is really really tanky, and with good Decimating Smash positioning you can't just ignore that spell. If the enemy team is too mobile just ult the guy going for your backline (even at point blank is fine) and charge Q for as much as you can. He also gets his ultimate every 35 seconds, which is pretty insane for how good that thing can be.

Sion is very much a "don't be greedy" kind of champion. Long range ultimates and fully charged Qs are great, but not that easy to pull off. But no one said you HAVE to pull it off. Just the threat of Sion's smash is enough to zone some people away from the backline.