Sion — League Classic (Season 3)

Classic builds

Era-accurate Season 3 (2013) builds.In-game values and the live meta may differ before the July 29 launch.Why?

League Classic is a curated recreation of old League and is still being balanced ahead of the July 29 launch, so in-game values and the live meta may differ. We’ll update builds as the mode settles.

AD Crit Top

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Items

Starting

Doran's Bladeor Doran's Shield vs AD harass
Health Potion

Boots

Berserker's Greavesdefault: attack speed
Mercury's Treadsswap vs heavy AP or CC

Core build path

Phantom Dancer
Infinity Edge
Warmog's Armor
Atma's ImpalerAtmog's: HP becomes attack damage
The Bloodthirster

Situational

Buy these only when the game calls for it. They are not part of the core path.

vs armor stacking

Last Whisper

vs heavy AD

Randuin's Omen
Frozen MalletHP and a sticky slow

vs heavy AP

Maw of Malmortius

extra survivability

Guardian Angelreset

vs tanks

Blade of the Ruined King%HP damage + lifesteal

Summoner spells

FlashorGhost
IgniteorExhaust

Max order

Q's stun length is fixed at every rank, so rank it last.

Ability leveling order from level 1 to 18
Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q		1												2	3		4	5
W	1								2	3		4	5
E			1	2	3		4	5
R						1					2					3

Runes

Marks

9/9

9× Greater Mark of Critical Chance

Seals

9/9

9× Greater Seal of Armor

Glyphs

9/9

9× Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist

Quintessences

3/3

3× Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage

Masteries

21/9/0

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

4/4
4/4
3/31/1
2/22/2
1/13/3
1/1

Defense

4/4
3/31/3
1/1

Utility

Notes

The nostalgia build. Enrage turns Sion into a bottomless HP battery, and Atma's Impaler converts all that health straight back into attack damage on top of Infinity Edge crits, so late-game Sion is a tanky bruiser throwing 1000+ crits. Cannibalism's life steal and spell vamp make him near-impossible to focus in a teamfight while healing his team. Weak, mana-starved early: survive to level 3, flip Enrage on, and never look back. This is peak 'why is the tank doing carry damage.'

Not hand-checked yet, so treat these values as provisional. Source: Season 3 MOBAFire community guides (2012-2013), cross-referenced against MetaSRC League Classic 3.13.

AD Crit Jungle

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Items

Starting

Hunter's Machete
Health Potionx5

Boots

Berserker's Greavesdefault: attack speed
Mercury's Treadsvs heavy CC or AP

Core build path

Spirit of the Elder Lizardtrue-damage clear and gank threat
Infinity Edge
Phantom Dancer
Warmog's Armor
Atma's ImpalerAtmog's: HP becomes attack damage

Situational

Buy these only when the game calls for it. They are not part of the core path.

vs heavy AD

Randuin's Omen
Frozen MalletHP and a sticky slow

vs heavy AP or CC

Maw of Malmortius

extra resists to keep diving

Aegis of the Legionteam armor and MR aura

extra survivability

Guardian Angelreset

vs tanks

Blade of the Ruined King%HP damage + lifesteal

Summoner spells

Smite
FlashorExhaust

Max order

Max Enrage first for the clear speed and stacking health.

Ability leveling order from level 1 to 18
Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q			1											2	3		4	5
W		1							2	3		4	5
E	1			2	3		4	5
R						1					2					3

Runes

Marks

9/9

9× Greater Mark of Attack Damage

Seals

9/9

9× Greater Seal of Armor

Glyphs

9/9

9× Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist

Quintessences

3/3

3× Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage

Masteries

21/9/0

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

4/4
4/4
3/31/1
2/22/2
1/13/3
1/1

Defense

4/4
3/31/3
1/1

Utility

Notes

Off-meta but real in Season 3. Farm safely behind Death's Caress, bank Enrage health on every camp, and arrive as the same unkillable Atmog's crit monster the top build becomes, just from the jungle. Spirit of the Elder Lizard is the key era item: its true damage shreds camps and adds real gank threat. The catch is that Sion has no escape and folds to crowd control, so he wants an early lead and Mercury's Treads against anyone who can chain-CC him.

Not hand-checked yet, so treat these values as provisional. Source: Season 3 MOBAFire community guides (2012-2013), cross-referenced against MetaSRC League Classic 3.13.

AP Burst Mid

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Items

Starting

Doran's Ring
Health Potion

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoesdefault: magic penetration

Core build path

Sheeninto Lich Bane
Lich Banespellblade procs off the post-stun auto
Rabadon's Deathcap
Deathfire Grasppoint-and-click % execute
Zhonya's Hourglass

Situational

Buy these only when the game calls for it. They are not part of the core path.

vs magic resist stacking

Void Staff

vs heavy AP

Abyssal Sceptershreds MR at melee range

early sustain

Rod of AgesHP so a melee mage survives

slow and survivability

Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner spells

Flash
Ignite

Max order

Max Death's Caress first for the shield burst; Enrage last.

Ability leveling order from level 1 to 18
Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q		1		2				3		4		5
W	1		2		3		4		5
E													1	2	3		4	5
R						1					2					3

Runes

Marks

9/9

9× Greater Mark of Magic Penetration

Seals

9/9

9× Greater Seal of Armor

Glyphs

9/9

9× Greater Glyph of Ability Power

Quintessences

3/3

3× Greater Quintessence of Ability Power

Masteries

21/0/9

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

4/4
4/4
3/31/1
3/31/1
4/4
1/1

Defense

Utility

1/13/3
1/33/3
1/1

Notes

The forgotten-tech burst mage. The combo is fixed and hard to dodge: pop Death's Caress, walk in, Cryptic Gaze to stun, detonate the shield, and land a Lich Bane auto, often adding Deathfire Grasp, for a huge chunk out of any squishy before they can react. His short ability range means he has to get close, so Rod of Ages and Zhonya's keep the melee mage alive. Rarely played by Season 3's end, which made him a genuine surprise pick. Shut down by magic resist and by anyone who can kite his short range.

Not hand-checked yet, so treat these values as provisional. Source: Season 3 MOBAFire community guides (2012-2013), cross-referenced against MetaSRC League Classic 3.13 (which corroborates this build).

Abilities

Passive

Feel No Pain

Sion has a 40% chance to ignore up to 30/40/50 damage each time he is attacked.

Cryptic Gaze

Cooldown 12/11/10/9/8sCost 100 ManaRange 550

Sion's stare terrifies a single enemy, dealing damage and stunning them.

Death's Caress

Cooldown 8sCost 70/80/90/100/110 ManaRange Self

Sion surrounds himself with a damage-absorbing shield. If the shield is not destroyed in 10 seconds then it will explode, dealing damage to surrounding enemies. Cast again after 4 seconds to manually detonate.

Enrage

Range Self

While active Sion gains Attack Damage at the cost of Health on each basic attack. Additonally, he permanently increases his maximum Health whenever he kills a unit.

Cannibalism

Cooldown 90sCost 100 ManaRange Self

Sion consumes some of his enemies' life force on each attack, leeching health to himself and nearby allies. The smell of flesh also renews Sion's fervor, increasing his Attack Speed.

Base data from Data Dragon 3.13.24, not yet hand-checked. Old-patch ddragon values are unreliable and League Classic may differ.

Classic builds

Items

Starting

Boots

Core build path

Situational

vs armor stacking

vs heavy AD

vs heavy AP

extra survivability

vs tanks

Summoner spells

Max order

Runes

Marks

Seals

Glyphs

Quintessences

Masteries

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

Defense

Utility

Notes

Items

Starting

Boots

Core build path

Situational

vs heavy AD

vs heavy AP or CC

extra resists to keep diving

extra survivability

vs tanks

Summoner spells

Max order

Runes

Marks

Seals

Glyphs

Quintessences

Masteries

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

Defense

Utility

Notes

Items

Starting

Boots

Core build path

Situational

vs magic resist stacking

vs heavy AP

early sustain

slow and survivability

Summoner spells

Max order

Runes

Marks

Seals

Glyphs

Quintessences

Masteries

Offense / Defense / Utility

Offense

Defense

Utility

Notes

Abilities

Base stats