Sion with Kalista
How to Synergize Sion and Kalista
based on 833 Sion with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Sion with Kalista
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 Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Sion Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Sion in LoL
The Sion Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Sion perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion tries to synergize with Kalista, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Kalista does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Kalista on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kalista does a decent job of covering Sion during teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Kalista
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Is Sion better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Sion that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Kalista is a relatively poor companion for Sion. By being on the same team as Sion, she lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Sion and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players must be very careful when lining up Kalista allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Sion and Kalista together, you may not be providing your team very much magical damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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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 Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Sion and Kalista synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Sion included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kalista than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when playing alongside Kalista with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, 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 and Kalista pairings, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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