Sion with Shen
How to Synergize Sion and Shen
based on 612 Sion with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Shen
Tips for Playing as Sion with Shen
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 Shen Will Play
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Sion Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Sion in LoL
The Sion Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, 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 Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shen helps Sion perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion tries to synergize with Shen, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This change could signal that Shen doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played alongside Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Shen.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Shen on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Sion in team fights.
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Is Sion better when played alongside Shen?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Sion that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Shen is a below average ally for Sion. By playing on the same side as Sion, he lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 48.5%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Sion and Shen that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Shen has a lower difficulty than Sion. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Shen teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, Sion players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Sion and Shen together, you may not be granting your side very much magic damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to synergize with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Sion and Shen synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Sion included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Shen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 48.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shen with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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