Sion·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Sion Jungle build, you should take Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Overheal, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth 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 Eclipse as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 43.6% winrate over 133 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Legend: Tenacity with Triumph 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 Heartsteel as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sunfire Aegis as a third item. You want to finish the build with Unending Despair, Titanic Hydra and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 50.4% win rate across 119 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Sion Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Health Scaling and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Heartsteel as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sunfire Aegis as third item. The last 3 options are Force of Nature, Titanic Hydra and Unending Despair. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 70 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.