Aphelios vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Aphelios
based on 2,441 Aphelios vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Sion
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Sion
Use the time after Sion has died to reposition and prepare for his return.
Even if Sion still hits a Decimating Smash, making him release the charge earlier reduces its impact.
Aphelios vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Aphelios versus Sion matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion..
Aphelios normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Sion. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Sion
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Sion?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when taking on Sion, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Sion.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Sionas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Sion. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Sion build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Sion than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 49.7% battling Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Sion as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Aphelios vs Sion clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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