Sion vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Sion
based on 4,815 Sion vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Sion vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Sion versus Pantheon matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..
Sion normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Pantheon. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Sion or Pantheon?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sion usually wins when playing against Pantheon, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a good counter to Pantheon.
While Sion does have a higher winrate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Sion into Pantheon.
Furthermore, Sion also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sion vs Pantheon 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 team fights.
Sion is an above average counter to Pantheon. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sion to counter Pantheon during both the laning 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 tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion on average gets more CS as Pantheon. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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 many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sion versus Pantheon build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Force of Nature. When Sion incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Pantheon than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Pantheon with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Pantheon as Sion, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Sion vs Pantheon counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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