Sion - The Undead Champion

Sion	[edit]
Release Date:	February 21, 2009
Cost:	1350 585
Attributes:	Fighter, Melee
Resource:	Mana
Health:	403 (+104)
HP Regen:	7.9 (+0.95)
Mana:	240 (+40)
Mana Regen:	6.3 (+0.4)
Move Speed:	345
Attack Damage:	55.52 (+3.1875)
Attack Speed:	0.625 (+1.63%)
Range:	125
Armor:	17.75 (+3.25)
Magic Resist:	30 (+1.25)

[edit] Description

Lore:

Prior to the creation of the League of Legends, the city-states of Demacia and Noxus were locked in a brutal series of on-again-off-again wars that spanned the course of centuries. Both powers sought an advantage over the other, but Noxus was the city-state willing to forego conventional morality to achieve its goals. Only brute strength and the will to use it mattered to Noxus, and this is best exemplified in the murderous warrior, Sion. Used by the Noxians as a human battering ram, Sion would be sent thundering ahead of Noxian troops. He would mercilessly slaughter foes with his large double-bladed axe, "Chopper". His complete disregard for caution ultimately cost him his life, as he was captured and summarily executed by Demacian forces.

The Demacians thought that the beheading of Sion would be the end of his bloodthirsty ways. Death, however, was merely the beginning of Sion's rise to power. The famed Noxian assassin, Katarina, recovered Sion's remains and Noxian necromancers reanimated the behemoth to serve Noxus once again. Sion's reanimation actually bestowed new powers on him and increased the potency of his existing abilities, making him even more of a terror to behold on the battlefield. The Noxian High Command had a powerful new weapon in their hands - one they have brought to bear as a champion in the League of Legends. Even though Sion's increased powers would make him a powerful tool for the High Command's use outside the Fields of Justice, Noxus no longer risks losing one of their greatest champions in the League to chance or circumstance; Sion's days as a front-line fighter for Noxus' military conquests are at an end.

"For Noxus, death is a promotion."

- Pantheon

[edit] Abilities

Passive

Feel No Pain

(Innate) Sion has a 40% chance to ignore up to 30 / 40 / 50 damage each time he is hit by an autoattack. The damage reduction is calculated before armor and percentage damage reduction benefits are taken into account.

Q	Cryptic Gaze

(Active) Sion's gaze terrifies a single enemy, dealing magic damage and stunning it for 1.5 seconds.

Cost: 100 mana

Range: 550

Projectile Speed: 1600

Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds

Magic Damage: 70 / 125 / 180 / 240 / 300
(+0.9 per ability power)

W	Death's Caress

(Active) Sion surrounds himself with a shield which absorbs damage for up to 10 seconds. After 4 seconds, if the shield has not been destroyed, the ability can be cast again to explode and deal magic damage to surrounding enemies. It will explode automatically after the 10 seconds have passed.

Cast again after 4 seconds to manually detonate.

Cooldown: 8 seconds after shield expires

Explosion Area: 550

Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 mana

Shield Strength/Magic Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300
(+0.9 per ability power)

E	Enrage

(Passive) Sion permanently increases his maximum health whenever he kills a unit with either his attacks or abilities.

(Toggle) While active, each of Sion's autoattacks will deal extra physical damage at the cost of some health.

Health Gained: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 per minion kill
2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 per Champion, Large Minion, or Large Monster kill

Cost: 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 health per attack

Extra Physical Damage: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65

R	Cannibalism

(Active) Grants Sion lifesteal and 50% attack speed for 20 seconds. Additionally, Sion's autoattacks will heal surrounding allies for a percentage of the damage dealt.

Cost: 100 mana

Cooldown: 90 seconds

Area of Effect: 200

Life Steal: 50 / 75 / 100%

Heal to Nearby Allies: 25 / 37.5 / 50%

[edit] Competitive Usage


Event	Bans	Picks	Wins	Losses	Win %	Picked/Banned in % of Games
IPL4	3	2	0	2	0	14.7
IEM Season VI - World Championship	4	1	1	0	100	11.4

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	Event	Bans	Picks	Wins	Losses	Win %	Picked/Banned in % of Games

[edit] Patch History

v3.01

Enrage
- Permanent max health bonus is now doubled to 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 upon killing a champion, large minion or large monster

v1.0.0.152

Base Movement Speed increased by 25.

v1.0.0.129

Cryptic Gaze ability power ratio reduced to 0.9 from 1
Death's Caress ability power ratio reduced to 0.9 from 1

v1.0.0.125

Base Mana increased to 240 from 200
Mana per level increased to 40 from 25
Base Attack Speed increased to 0.625 from 0.591
Base Movement Speed increased to 320 from 315
Now gains 1.25 Magic Resist per level
Fixed a bug where Enrage's Health cost was being subtracted at the wrong time, causing health drain from things like Sunfire Cape

v1.0.0.123

Fixed a bug where Enrage would consume health if Sion canceled his auto-attack early

v1.0.0.120

Cannibalism is no longer reduced if the damage is shielded

v1.0.0.115

Cryptic Gaze stun duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.0

v1.0.0.113

Death's Caress damage and shield reduced to 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 from 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 / 310
Base health reduced to 507 from 577
Base health regeneration decreased to 1.58 per 5 seconds from 1.62
Health regeneration per level reduced to 0.19 from 0.2

v1.0.0.105

Cryptic Gaze missile speed increased to 1,600 from 1,100
Fixed a bug with Death's Caress where the detonate tooltip was showing incorrect damage values

v1.0.0.103

Death's Caress
- No longer has a cast animation
- Shield reduced to 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 / 310 from 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 / 320

v1.0.0.96

Death's Caress
- Fixed a bug that was causing the cooldown on the tooltip to not be affected by cooldown reduction
- Fixed a bug where the buff tooltip would display the absorption amount as 0.00 instead of the correct amount

v1.0.0.87

Fixed a bug where you had to toggle Enrage off and back on after leveling it up in order to get the benefit

v1.0.0.83

Base movement speed increased to 315 from 310
Feel No Pain block percentage increased to 40% from 20%
Cryptic Gaze mana cost reduced to 100 at all levels from 120

v0.9.25.34

Death's Caress
- Increased time to detonate from 2 seconds to 4
- Increased mana cost from 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
- Updated tooltip

v0.9.25.24

Death's Caress
- Can now be deactivated after 2 seconds
- Cooldown changed to 8 seconds after spell ends

v0.9.22.15

Cannibalism is now instant cast
Increased movement speed from 300 to 310
Deaths Caress
- Reduced cooldown from 20 to 16
- Increased shield amount from 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 to 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 / 320
- Increased ability power ratio from 1.0 to 1.2
Cryptic Gaze damage increased from 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 to 70 / 125 / 180 / 240 / 300

v0.8.21.110

Enrage damage bonus increased from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65

June 19, 2009 Patch

Enrage bonus damage reduced from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60

June 6, 2009 Patch

Death's Caress ability power ratio reduced from 2.0 to 1.0

May 15, 2009 Patch

Made new recommended items

May 9, 2009 Patch

Reduced attack delay offset from 0.09 to 0.05 (increased attack speed)
Increased base health regeneration from 1.79 to 2.0
Increased health regenration pre leve from 0.15 to 0.2
Cannibalism REMAKE
- No longer increases max health on attack, it now heals surrounding allies for 25 / 37.5 / 50% of damage dealt
Enrage REMAKE
- No longer drains health per second while activated, it now drains 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 health per attack
- Kills while this skill is active increases Sion's max health by 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 (permanently, no cap)

April 18, 2009 Patch

Increased attack speed on Cannibalism from 30% to 45%
Decreased damage block on Feel No Pain from 30 / 45 / 60 to 30 / 40 / 50

April 11, 2009 Patch

Cryptic Gaze
- Reduced stun duration from 2.2 to 2 seconds
- Fixed tooltip to show off its cooldown by level of 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8

Alpha Week 7

Death's Caress
- Mana cost increased to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 80 at all levels
- AoE range decreased to 525 from 600
Health gained per level decreased to 100 from 106

Alpha Week 6