Introduction, Hey!
So first off my name's Alex, I am from the UK in a city called Bristol and I am a proud gamer :) right now I'm in bed after a few games trying to climb the ladder. Yesterday I went from Gold 2 to Gold 4 so kicking it in gear now in promotional matches for Gold 3 again. The highest ranked I've been this season was Gold 1 promotional matches for Platinum, didn't succeed went on tilt and so have spent most of this season in Gold 3 bumping in and out of Gold 2, all I have to say is in Gold you don't have the noobs of the Bronze and Silver divisions but you do get the trolls and feeders usually quite bitter as in Gold is everyone who has been in Platinum or even as high as Diamond but has been demoted to the Gold division and can't claw out again. Think of Gold as the pit from The Dark Knight Rises. Anyway I'm part of a team called 'Who Takes Clarity' hence the name of the blog. Well I'm not being completely truthful so far there are three of us officially in the team and that's me and two friends but we have people wanting to join us and we hope to play seriously start of season 4. I primarily play ADC I mean Marksman, fucking rito, but for the team I play in the Jungle, mind you I do rotate a lot as I am more of a "jack of all trades but a master of none" kinda player. Anyway enough about me let's talk about the new Sion release.
New Sion First Thoughts
So I managed to play a few games with the new Sion since release and also played a bit in the PBE and he didn't change much between beta stages and the released version. I played him mostly in the jungle, I'm too much of a coward to play him in lane if it's not an easy matchup, and my thoughts on him also haven't changed since the beta stages. The new Sion has massive potential maybe not in competitive play but Sion is definitely now a viable pick in ranked. He has decent early game, a strong mid game but falls off slightly late unless you're building tanky. Mind you if you aren't building tanky you are building him wrong. In terms of his abilities his passive , his postponed death move is really strong for picking off enemies who only are getting away on low health and proves an invaluable addition to team fights, unfortunately if you are fighting mobile champions or champions with snares and slows such as Morgana, Lucian or Ahri it's pretty useless for the most part. His Q is rather hard to hit but you can time it just right so you charge for minimal time but still get the knockup, apart from that it offers good damage though the slow isn't awesome. His W is his bread and butter, scaling with his health deals strong amounts of damage but the shield does become a little obsolete if the ADC gets to you. However the passive of the ability is amazing, for every enemy you kill you gain a permanent max health bonus and as far as I can tell it's uncapped, freaking amazing! His E is erg kinda bad, to be honest, it provides a good debuff and slow but and has some reach for the slow if you use minions but apart from that very standard ability reminds me of shyvana E. Now his R is suprisingly challenging to hit if you start from far away you gain quite a bit of momentum, it's harder to turn and therefore easy to miss though if you do hit it it's a very good engaging or general control ability. Very nice fun ultimate ability especially for getting to that teamfight in the midlane and it's range is huge, from your inhibitor turret to the tier 1. Anyway very fun tanky champion with useful amounts of cc and dps Riot did good especially after the sh*tstorm that was Gnar and Azir releases, way better than the old Sion, higher skill cap higher reward and much more fun. Definitely pick him up Riot did the kind thing and left him at 1350 RP so only need to win a few games to save up.
Final Words
Anyway this is my first post I hope you enjoyed reading it, I do ramble slightly, don't know whether that adds personality or is just annoying tell me what you think in the comments. In terms of future content I hope to post some guides on easy ways to raise your ELO Ranking, League banter and maybe some general discussion about me if any of you are into that :P till next time. Good Luck and Have Fun.
