Kayle vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Kayle
based on 2,887 Kayle vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Sion
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several strategic Kayle against Sion matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sion..
Kayle normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Sion
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Who is Better, Kayle or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sion, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes an ok counter for Sion.
While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Sion, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Sionas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Sion matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter for Sion. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often gets a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Sion than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 50.6% battling Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Sion as Kayle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Kayle vs Sion counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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