Twisted Fate vs Sion Counter Pick

Sion is a Top-position tank on a mid detour, and 243 games on patch 16.13.1 leave Twisted Fate at 46.1%. The problem is not damage output. It is that almost nothing in his kit removes Sion quickly enough to matter.

Glory in Death reanimates Sion after he dies with rapid, healing attacks, which converts a won exchange into a second fight. Soul Furnace shields him and permanently raises his maximum health on kills, and Roar of the Slayer strips armor from the first enemy hit while slowing it. Add 655 base health and 36 armor to that list and neither Wild Cards nor an empowered Pick a Card attack clears the bar. His damage is also mixed, so no single resistance purchase covers both halves of the output.

The level 18 comparison actually favors Twisted Fate on health, 2,440 against 2,134, and Sion on armor, 107.4 against 98. Reaching that point means surviving a charged Decimating Smash and Unstoppable Onslaught, a ramping charge that arrives faster than a 330 movement speed champion can retreat from, with Sion moving at 345 before it even starts. The usable angle is the wave and the map: Stacked Deck accelerates the shove, Loaded Dice pays for the items, and Destiny with Gate relocates the game to wherever Sion is not. Difficulty ratings of 9 against 5 sharpen the point.