Sion·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Sion Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Demolish in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Axiom Arc. For your last 3 items, you should build The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Edge of Night. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 57.5% winrate over 207 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Sion Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Approach Velocity in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Heartsteel, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Unending Despair as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spirit Visage, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Titanic Hydra. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 47.8% win rate over 67 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Cash Back with Approach Velocity in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Unending Despair as a third item. You want to finish the build with Heartsteel, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Spirit Visage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.7% win rate across 60 matches played.

Situational Sion Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Sion build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.