Sion vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Sion
based on 2,948 Sion vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Sion vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some vital Sion against Vi matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vi..
Sion usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Vi
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Who is Better, Sion or Vi?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a poor counter for Vi.
While Sion does have a lower winrate than Vi, when facing one another, Sion also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Sion into Vi.
Moreover, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sion is a garbage counter for Vi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sion against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to counter Vi during both the laning 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 shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion on average racks up much more CS compared to Vi. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sion versus Vi build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Vi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Vi with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Vi 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 sets players picked for Sion vs Vi counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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