Sion with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Sion and Rek'Sai
based on 475 Sion with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Sion with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Sion Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Sion in LoL
The Sion Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Rek'Sai helps Sion perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion is paired with Rek'Sai, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Rek'Sai provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Rek'Sai does a poor job of protecting Sion during teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Rek'Sai
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Is Sion better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Sion that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Rek'Sai is a not very good ally for Sion. By being on the same team as Sion, he lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Sion and Rek'Sai that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Rek'Sai has a lower difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players don't need to be careful when lining up Rek'Sai comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by pairing Sion and Rek'Sai together, you probably will not be granting your side enough magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion to work well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Sion and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Sion bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with many other common builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should take 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 we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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