Sion vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Sion
based on 1,970 Sion vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Kindred
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 Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Sion vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Sion in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several influential Sion against Kindred counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kindred..
Sion typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Kindred. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Kindred
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Who is Better, Sion or Kindred?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sion usually wins when taking on Kindred, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Sion makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Sion does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sion into Kindred.
Moreover, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Kindred matchups, Sion is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Sion is a good counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sion in order to counter Kindred 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion usually picks up much more CS relative to Kindred. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Sion versus Kindred build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Kindred than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 52.2% battling Kindred with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kindred as Sion, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sion vs Kindred counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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