Sion vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Sion
based on 1,385 Sion vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Sion vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Sion in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Sion versus Jayce counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce..
Sion often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Jayce. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Jayce
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Who is Better, Sion or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually wins when trying to fight Jayce, with a 53.6% win rate. Therefore, Sion makes a great counter to Jayce.
While Sion does have a higher winrate compared to Jayce, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sion into Jayce.
Additionally, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Jayce matchups, Sion is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sion is a great counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sion to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Sion versus Jayce build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Jayce than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 53.6% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Jayce as Sion, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Sion vs Jayce counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.6% win rate overall.
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