Syndra vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Syndra
based on 2,311 Syndra vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Sion
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
Advice to Win Against Sion
Use the time after Sion has died to reposition and prepare for his return.
Even if Sion still hits a Decimating Smash, making him release the charge earlier reduces its impact.
Syndra vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Syndra against Sion matchup statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Syndra normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Sion. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Sion
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Who is Better, Syndra or Sion?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Sionas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Syndra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter to Sion. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Syndra to counter Sion 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 will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Sion. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts 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 shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Syndra versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Sion than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Syndra had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Sion as Syndra, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Syndra vs Sion matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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