Sion vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Sion
based on 10,264 Sion vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Sion vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Sion in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Sion vs. Caitlyn counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Sion typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Sion or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually wins when playing against Caitlyn, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Sion makes a good counter to Caitlyn.
While Sion does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sion into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Caitlyn matchups, Sion is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Sion is a decent counter for Caitlyn. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Sion versus Caitlyn build consist of Sterak's Gage, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Caitlyn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Caitlyn with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Caitlyn as Sion, Sion players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Sion vs Caitlyn fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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