Sion vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Sion
based on 2,996 Sion vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Sion vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Sion in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Sion versus Vladimir matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..
Sion normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Sion or Vladimir?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sion usually loses when facing off against Vladimir, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Sion makes a bad counter for Vladimir.
While Sion does have a lower win rate than Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sion into Vladimir.
Additionally, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion to counter Vladimir during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Sion versus Vladimir build consist of Heartsteel, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Sion bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Vladimir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Vladimir with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Vladimir 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Sion vs Vladimir matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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