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Snowster
Profile Joined June 2003
United States78 Posts
February 25 2011 02:46 GMT
#101
i raeped you.
Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-26 04:24:28
February 26 2011 04:18 GMT
#102
On February 24 2011 13:13 HeavOnEarth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2011 10:50 locodoco wrote:
On February 24 2011 10:34 Fruscainte wrote:
Why the fuck do you people play AP sion? It doesn't make sense to me.

Yes, it's good. I'm not denying that. But in two equally skilled players (assuming both of them are actually fucking good), AD sion trounces everything. His melee normal goes around critting for 800 late game with ridiculous attack speed and life steal, add in his ult and it's just retarded. AP is great early game, and it's harder to play and stay alive with AD. But if you CAN, what the fuck is happening.

not sure if serious.............

+ Show Spoiler +
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... level 28 D:


Post a picture of me having one bad game (I consider 4-6-15 a fantastic game considering those 15 assists were me helping feed my teammate Shaco so he could solo Baron + Their entire team), showing only 4 games played (DC'd like 2 minutes into WW game, Florida GGstorms v-v) pretty much in the last 5 months to discredit an entire strategy?

Stay classy.

I mean, at least argue legitimate facts here instead of going internet detective on me. Yeah, I don't got a great KD ratio with most of my characters. That doesn't matter. I got a pretty decent WL ratio last time I checked, and I hardly even play anymore due to me not being passionate about a-new-champion-every-2-weeks of Legends due to the massive imbalance that follows.

So, how about you actually argue why AP is better than AD in the hands of a skilled player? Or are you just trying to troll me?
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
February 26 2011 04:25 GMT
#103
If you played 5 games in 4-5 months, then it's probably not a good idea to by throwing out your opinions out there like it's some sort of dogma. There's a very obvious reason why good Sions in ranked games go AP. Farming wins you games.

No one is going to argue that AD Sion is a beast if he gets farmed but guess what, a farmed Trynd is even more rape. Hard part is actually getting those end game items and not hit like a wet paper towel before then.
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HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-26 04:35:37
February 26 2011 04:35 GMT
#104
There's also the fact that on AD sion you need to be attacking non-stop with your ulti on to be able to survive. This means other team has 0 cc that they are throwing on you... And their ranged carries can't kite you for whatever reason.
On Ap sion you blow 2 spells and you're done.
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freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
February 26 2011 10:49 GMT
#105
On February 26 2011 13:25 NeoIllusions wrote:
If you played 5 games in 4-5 months, then it's probably not a good idea to by throwing out your opinions out there like it's some sort of dogma. There's a very obvious reason why good Sions in ranked games go AP. Farming wins you games.

No one is going to argue that AD Sion is a beast if he gets farmed but guess what, a farmed Trynd is even more rape. Hard part is actually getting those end game items and not hit like a wet paper towel before then.


ad sion only needs a ghostblade! His E gives him huge damage, the ghostblade and his ulti give him 100 % attackspeed. He is much stronger than trynda around those levels.
it's super fun playing it, you reach your relative max strength around lvl 10-11 if you got 1-2 kills. 1 wriggles and 1 ghostblade is all you need.

I mained jungle sion for a long time lol, I have like 60-70 games with him.
And all is illuminated.
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
February 26 2011 10:57 GMT
#106
-head explodes-
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
February 26 2011 11:07 GMT
#107
though I only play AP nowadays to not get flamed
And all is illuminated.
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
February 27 2011 07:59 GMT
#108
On February 26 2011 20:07 freelander wrote:
though I only play AP nowadays to not get flamed

/ignore ally and go triforce sion

awwwwwwwwww yeah
In the woods, there lurks..
BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-27 18:38:38
February 27 2011 18:32 GMT
#109
AD sion is only good for FBing westrice. AP is just infinitely better thanks to his AP ratios and how low his cooldowns are for his 2 nukes. He doesn't really need hp items so you can just go straight AP and nuke even harder. You don't need to rely on sitting there autoattacking and putting yourself in danger of getting kited besides that.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23404 Posts
February 27 2011 18:41 GMT
#110
Anyone ever tried hybrid sion? trololol. The way the char is designed it almost looks like he's intended to be an AD but then they gave him good AP ratios so then that indicates he's supposed to be able to do both, turns out AD is terrible. (Despite having like, 50%, 100% lifesteal attack speed+65 damage with level 5 E and R up)

He's like the only champ where you could look for design mechanics for tank, ad, AND AP in a champ.
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-28 14:29:59
February 28 2011 14:29 GMT
#111
On February 26 2011 13:18 Fruscainte wrote:
Post a picture of me having one bad game (I consider 4-6-15 a fantastic game considering those 15 assists were me helping feed my teammate Shaco so he could solo Baron + Their entire team), showing only 4 games played (DC'd like 2 minutes into WW game, Florida GGstorms v-v) pretty much in the last 5 months to discredit an entire strategy?

Stay classy.

I mean, at least argue legitimate facts here instead of going internet detective on me. Yeah, I don't got a great KD ratio with most of my characters. That doesn't matter. I got a pretty decent WL ratio last time I checked, and I hardly even play anymore due to me not being passionate about a-new-champion-every-2-weeks of Legends due to the massive imbalance that follows.

So, how about you actually argue why AP is better than AD in the hands of a skilled player? Or are you just trying to troll me?

people have pretty much explained it, but it basically boils down to not having a gap closer or any CC reduction, making it pretty much impossible for AD Sion to not get kited to death. Also he's got awful base attack speed and farms considerably worse when building AD than he does building AP.
On February 28 2011 03:41 Slayer91 wrote:
Anyone ever tried hybrid sion? trololol. The way the char is designed it almost looks like he's intended to be an AD but then they gave him good AP ratios so then that indicates he's supposed to be able to do both, turns out AD is terrible. (Despite having like, 50%, 100% lifesteal attack speed+65 damage with level 5 E and R up)

He's like the only champ where you could look for design mechanics for tank, ad, AND AP in a champ.

I've trolled some games on my smurf with deathcap -> Phantom Dancer -> tanky and triforce, trolololo. I dunno, there might be some merit to doing crap like this, but it's way harder than just grabbing AP items and 2 shotting people <trundleface>.

for whatever it's worth, I consider Phantom Dancer the most important AD item for Sion. Sion has insane baseline damage from E, so AS and Crit are the most important stats + without a gap closer, he desperately needs the constant movespeed. Ghostblade is probably really close though, they're both great on him.

On February 24 2011 09:52 gtrsrs wrote:
smash what's your experience going against shen solo top?
from my side of things (as shen) i've yet to have a problem with sion because vorpal + one ki strike will almost always pop shield (assuming equal levels) and so you burn mana just trying to prevent damage without actually dealing it. and when shield is down i can vorpal harass for an even bigger advantage. you can't trade hits because of the cooldown reduction Ki strike and you can't farm either. have you had this matchup at all?

no, we pretty much never put shen on a solo at my elo.
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Phrost
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States4008 Posts
March 05 2011 23:53 GMT
#112
sion is the mordekaizer, always kill never die
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Veene
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada2 Posts
March 08 2011 02:43 GMT
#113
Its gotta be AP. I mean AD works sometimes, in random situations, ok, fuck it, in 500-1400 ELO. But yeah, I just tried the boots of mobility sion mid, and I've got to say; "hats off to you Europeans" the rape i delivered was very satisfying not to mention push lane and gank at the speed of light.
WCG 2010 - Veene - Team Canada - Lost Saga
Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
March 08 2011 03:06 GMT
#114
On March 08 2011 11:43 Veene wrote:
Its gotta be AP. I mean AD works sometimes, in random situations, ok, fuck it, in 500-1400 ELO. But yeah, I just tried the boots of mobility sion mid, and I've got to say; "hats off to you Europeans" the rape i delivered was very satisfying not to mention push lane and gank at the speed of light.



IF you're 1v2, doran's ring -> Boots -> Deathcap (NLR first) -> Elixer of brilliance as often as possible -> Ionian boots _> (Lichbane (shane first) -> Survival -> ultimate item (usually abyssal sceptor OR will of the ancients -- depends on team). get elixer of brilliance as often s needed to keep it constand and sell doran's ring when necessary. Go go for it.
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
August 19 2011 06:26 GMT
#115
Can anyone comment on AP vs AD Sion these days? I'm not exactly sure when all the nerfs to his spells kicked in, but from reading the posts it seems like it wasn't too long ago. I tried AP Sion and was thoroughly unimpressed (the early mana consumption is ridiculous), but as AD he seems somewhat reasonable (though farming is a pain and you practically have to get a Force of Nature).

Is he ever used in ranked that much anymore?
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
August 19 2011 06:50 GMT
#116
Not really used anymore but he's still a decent pick as AP. Can't argue with a projectile CC. His shield makes farming ez mode.

AD Sion is eh.
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SplashbackFerret
Profile Joined October 2009
New Zealand846 Posts
August 19 2011 06:55 GMT
#117
Everybody should try AP sion for at least one solid game. It's the best way to teach misguided players that you can win by outfarming the enemy team rather than stroking your KDA.
Splashy the Splashback Awareness Ferret
BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
August 19 2011 18:22 GMT
#118
Please never play AD sion. I'd rather have an AP garen than an AD sion on my team..... -_-
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
JokerSan
Profile Joined April 2005
United States306 Posts
August 19 2011 18:37 GMT
#119
Man I remember I was in this 4v5 ranked troll game where I was jungle sion because the trade failed with WW. He went AP and was apparently an expert at jungle sion so he told me to go double zeal. I built a phantom dancer and he was like "NO YOU HAVE TO BUILD 2 ZEALS NOT PD" and I was like "wat???"

But now I get it. We won that game too.
LoL: Soles | forever 1600
Mylkyjo
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia110 Posts
August 22 2011 05:49 GMT
#120
AP Sion is underestimated by most players. His early game can be weak because of his small mana pool, but once you get some gear you'll be suicide-bombing your way to victory.
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