Sion with Akali
How to Synergize Sion and Akali
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Sion Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Akali
Tips for Playing as Sion with Akali
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 Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Sion Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Sion in LoL
The Sion Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sion sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Akali helps Sion perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion tries to synergize with Akali, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Akali supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Akali on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Akali. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akali.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Akali on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Akali does a poor job of protecting Sion during teamfights.
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Is Sion better when played alongside Akali?
There is no perfect companion for Sion that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Akali is a not very good teammate for Sion. By locking into the same side as Sion, she decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 49.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Sion and Akali that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Akali has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players need to be cautious when lining up Akali teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Sion and Akali together, you will not be granting your other teammates much crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Akali ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion in order to work well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to include in your Sion and Akali synergy build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Akali than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Akali with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Akali with Sion are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.