Sion vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Sion
based on 1,758 Sion vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Azir
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Sion vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Sion against Azir matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Sion often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Azir
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Who is Better, Sion or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sion usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Sion makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Sion does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sion into Azir.
Additionally, Sion also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sion versus Azir build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Azir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Azir with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Azir as Sion, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Sion vs Azir counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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