Xerath vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Xerath
based on 4,049 Xerath vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Sion
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Xerath against Sion counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Sion. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Sion
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Who is Better, Xerath or Sion?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes an ok counter for Sion.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Sion, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some 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 overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Sion.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath to counter Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often racks up less CS relative to Sion. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Sion build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Sion than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Sion with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sion as Xerath, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Xerath vs Sion LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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