Jarvan IV vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Jarvan IV
based on 1,501 Jarvan IV vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Sion
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Jarvan IV versus Sion matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sion. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Sion
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Sion?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sion, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter for Sion.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher winrate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Sion.
Additionally, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 Jarvan IV vs Sion matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter for Sion. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Sion. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Jarvan IV versus Sion build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Sion than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when countering Sion with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Sion as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Sion battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sion as Jarvan IV are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.