Hullbreaker Int Sion

Int Sion is one of the least interactive playstyles out there, second only to the hyper-trolling zero damage Tryndamere. However, Int Sion's been granted new life with the new Hexgates and Chemtech Rift map mechanics, granting him more movement options and creating massive map pressure.

Weird Pick #146

November 2021

Int Sion is one of the least interactive playstyles out there, second only to the hyper-trolling zero damage Tryndamere. However, Int Sion's been granted new life with the new Hexgates and Chemtech Rift map mechanics, granting him more movement options and creating massive map pressure.

Check out how to play him below!

How to Play Int Sion Top

Abilities: Q, W, E then prioritize R > Q > W > E
Summoner Spells: Teleport
Flash
Starting Items: Doran's Shield + Health Potions
Strategy: Continuously clear minions and focus only on killing objectives until you reach their nexus
Core Items: Titanic Hydra
Hullbreaker
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Mercury's Treads
Voltaic Cyclosword
Axiom Arc

Int Sion Top Runes Setup

Primary: Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth

Secondary: Biscuit Delivery, Time Warp Tonic

How It Works

Massive Hullbreaker Synergy

Hullbreaker is core to the build. It's what turns splitting away from your team into a plan instead of a grief, and its current form still pushes on the two things Sion wants out of a side lane, structure damage and enough health to survive getting collapsed on:

Hullbreaker: 40 attack damage, 500 health, 4% move speed.
Skipper: Every fifth Attack against champions and epic monsters deals bonus physical damage, increased against Structures.
Boarding Party: Nearby allied siege and super minions gain Armor and Magic Resist.

Skipper is the part that matters here, because every fifth swing takes a real bite out of the tower, and Boarding Party keeps the wave you just shoved alive long enough to keep chipping while you walk somewhere else. Hullbreaker no longer pays you extra for standing on your own, so you're not punished for grouping when the map asks you to.

Highly Effective

Sion as a whole is extremely effective at crushing towers and this build allows his ultimate to scale up. At full build, his ultimate can come close to one-shotting nexus turrets or enemy champions should they choose to sacrifice themselves to the choo-choo train of death.

Difficult to Solo

By combining Voltaic Cyclosword and Youmuu's, this version of Sion is also very difficult to solo due to his massive burst damage combined with the huge bonus damage he gets during his passive death mode. Most marksmen and bruisers will have great difficulty stopping him alone.

Potential Pitfalls

Lowered Teamfight Power

By building Hullbreaker, you naturally become a split-push player and playing with your team reduces your overall power. As a result, the optimal strategy becomes to ignore team fights which can either hurt or help your team depending on their patience and how good the enemy engagement is. In solo queue, this works particularly well but may struggle in organized team fights.

Objective Based Gaming

This version of Sion, although is relatively brainless does require you to be aware of the map and know where you can push optimally for maximum effect. You could gain a decent amount of LP just mindlessly pushing one lane but to play this optimally you'll need to exercise some brain power just like with all split-pushers.

Countering Int Sion Top

High sustain bruisers with good mobility like Kled perform quite well against Sion. As would a ranged champion with high damage like Vayne or Graves.

Conclusions

Int Sion Top is quite good in the current meta and great for lower divisions where objective-based gaming and strong team fights are lacking. Many solo queue gamers will find it difficult to coordinate and stop Sion from wreaking havoc on their base and winning the game all by himself.

Suggested Tier: Tier 1

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Int Sion is one of the least interactive playstyles out there, second only to the hyper-trolling zero damage Tryndamere. However, Int Sion's been granted new life with the new Hexgates and Chemtech Rift map mechanics, granting him more movement options and creating massive map pressure.

Weird Pick #146