What happens to Sion from League of Legends after Update 12.9? Big hero changes give effects

How did split-pushing Sion nerfs affected his stats?

Sion is one of the most characteristic characters, especially considering the tactics that were used by its players really often. We are talking about focusing mainly on pushing to such an extent that players of this champion do not pay attention to the opponent or the blows received from the turret.

In one of the games, Faker found a popular streamer – TheBausffs. His well-known pick is inting Sion (Why is it risky to play LoL with Faker? Streamer banned right after the game ended). As a result of this situation, after a really long time since the discovery of this tactic, Riot concluded that it was harmful to the game and decided to take a closer look at it.

This resulted in nerfs to both the hero and the item that made pushing much more effective – the Hullbreaker. How exactly did the changes affect Sion?

The effects of Sion’s Nerfs

In Update 12.9, League of Legends introduced some serious nerfs for pushing Sion. All damage dealt to structures in zombie form is now reduced to 40%. Both damage from basic attacks and damage from additional effects and runes, such as Demolish and Titanic Hydra, are reduced.

The Hullbreaker changes also affected the tactic. In addition to the reduced bonus armor and magic resist when no ally is nearby, the ability that increases the damage dealt to turrets has been weakened. Now only basic attacks are boosted.

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You can guess that the changes significantly affected Sion’s statistics. However, not everything looks as expected. Even though the pick and ban rate decreased with the implementation of the changes, the win rate increased. One of the Rioters – GalaxySmash – referred to it.

This data is probably still a bit misleading because its early on, but as others have said his tank build was historically drastically better.

The nerfing of the build discussed above forced Sion’s players to make a tank out of him, which translated into a higher win rate. Certainly, a bug that made the changes not have the effect they should is also important.

Even though the damage shown has actually been lowered from the previous patch, turret’s health shows that the nerfs have not actually been applied. Aware of Riot’s mistakes, players could continue to use the splitpush build. However, Sion will certainly be known mainly as a tank from Update 12.9, and this tactic is unlikely to be used anymore.