Sion is a powerful tank champion in League of Legends who excels at initiating fights and disrupting enemy teams. Here's a comprehensive overview of his abilities and playstyle:

Passive - Glory in Death: When Sion dies, he temporarily reanimates with full health, gaining attack speed, lifesteal, and bonus damage. During this time, he can only use basic attacks and Death Surge for movement speed boosts.

Key Abilities:

1. Decimating Smash (Q):

• Charges up an axe strike that deals physical damage
• Longer charge increases range, damage, and crowd control duration
• Fully charged hits knock up and stun enemies

2. Soul Furnace (W):

• Passive: Gains permanent bonus health from killing units
• Active: Creates a shield that can be detonated to deal magic damage
• Excellent for trading and waveclear

3. Roar of the Slayer (E):

• Fires a shockwave that damages and slows the first enemy hit
• Reduces target's armor
• Can knock back minions to damage enemies behind them

Ultimate - Unstoppable Onslaught (R):

• Charges forward at increasing speed
• Immune to crowd control while charging
• Colliding with enemies deals damage and knocks them up
• Can be canceled early for area damage

Playstyle:

• Excels as a tanky initiator
• Strong laning phase with good waveclear and trading potential
• Scales well through permanent health stacking
• Effective at both engaging fights and peeling for carries

Best used in top lane as a frontline tank, focusing on disrupting enemy teams and soaking damage while providing crowd control for teammates.

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