Nilah vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Nilah
based on 1,628 Nilah vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several significant Nilah against Sion counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Nilah normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. On average, they receives less damage than Sion. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Sion
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Who is Better, Nilah or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Sion, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a good counter for Sion.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Sionas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Sion matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nilah is an above average counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah in order to counter Sion during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sion. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nilah versus Sion build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah bought at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better when fighting Sion than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Sion with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Sion as Nilah, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nilah vs Sion LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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