Sion vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Sion
based on 3,661 Sion vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Sion vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Sion vs. Katarina counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..
Sion often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Katarina
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Who is Better, Sion or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Sion makes an ok counter for Katarina.
While Sion does have a higher winrate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Sion into Katarina.
Additionally, Sion has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Katarina matchups, Sion is the better champ with a similar 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 Katarina. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sion versus Katarina build include Heartsteel, Titanic Hydra, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Katarina than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Katarina with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Katarina as Sion, you 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 players picked for Sion vs Katarina clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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