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Sion vs Zaahen

Sion
vs
50.0%

over 498 games

Zaahen
Analyze a draft with Sion

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageDive threatHigh burstSplit push

Build vs Zaahen

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Sion: Bramble Vest, Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Plated Steelcaps, Unending Despair, Heartsteel, Titanic Hydra, Hollow Radiance.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Bramble Vest
1
Sunfire Aegis
2
Thornmail
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Unending Despair
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport84%
FlashDot8%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Unending Despair
Heartsteel
Titanic Hydra
Hollow Radiance
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Overlord's Bloodmail
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Kaenic Rookern
Spirit Visage
The Collector
Randuin's Omen
Tiamat
Frozen Heart
Lord Dominik's Regards
Voltaic Cyclosword
Bastionbreaker
Tear of the Goddess
Mortal Reminder
Axiom Arc
Hullbreaker
Serrated Dirk
Infinity Edge
Sterak's Gage
Force of Nature
Serpent's Fang
Sundered Sky
Executioner's Calling
63.6% WR11 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
ConditioningConditioning
OvergrowthOvergrowth
InspirationInspiration
Cash BackCash Back
Approach VelocityApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Zaahen's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Cultivation of War (P)

Zaahen's attacks and abilities against enemy champions grant him stacks of Determination, gaining bonus Attack Damage per stack. When filled with Determination, Zaahen gains increased Attack Damage and can revive.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
310s14s10s–
68s14s10s1m50
96s13.5s10s1m50
116s13s10s1m35
166s12s9s1m20
186s12s8s1m20

Playing as Sion

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Last-hit everything for max health

    Last-hit minions and monsters for Soul Furnace (W): each kill permanently gives you max health, more on champions, large minions and large monsters.

  2. Slow before your Smash

    Slow your target with Roar of the Slayer (E) before charging Decimating Smash (Q): they're less likely to get out of the area.

  3. Charge your Smash for at least 1 second

    Charge Decimating Smash (Q) for at least 1 second: below that, the hit only slows, and beyond it, the knock-up and stun last longer the more you charge.

  4. Keep hitting after you die

    After you die, hit the nearest champion: during Glory in Death (passive), your autos are much faster, heal you and deal damage based on their max health.

  5. Engage or roam from far away

    Cast Unstoppable Onslaught (R) from far away to engage or roam: unstoppable for 8 seconds, you stun longer and hit harder after a long charge.

Playing against Zaahen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Get out of his stab's line

    Get out of the line of Dreaded Return (W): the stab damages you, then pulls you toward him for a second hit.

  2. Back off after his first Glaive

    Back off once he has cast The Darkin Glaive (Q): if he recasts the spell, his next auto knocks you into the air.

  3. Avoid the edge of his slice

    Avoid the edge of the Aureate Rush (E) slice: at the tip, you take bonus damage based on your max health.

  4. Plan to kill him twice

    Save spells to finish him a second time: at max Determination stacks, Cultivation of War (passive) can bring him back to life.

Other Sion matchups

Patch 16.21.1