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How to Synergize Sion with Veigar on the Same TeamSion is in the a tier of champions

Sion with Veigar

How to Win With Sion and Veigar Paired TogetherSion is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Sion and Veigar

based on 3,515 Sion with Veigar pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Sion has fought alongside Veigar in 3515 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data from the creators of League, we are sure that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Sion play with Veigar. It is relatively rare for Sion to play alongside Veigar on the same side. This has only taken place in approximately 3.4% of games with Sion.

Sion Veigar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Sion has done a poor job of synergizing with Veigar. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.0% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Sion when playing with Veigar by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sion vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Null-Magic MantleBami's Cinder

Core Sion Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairKaenic RookernHeartsteel

Optional Items

Spirit VisageJak'Sho, The ProteanHollow RadianceFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sion to level upq
>
Second ability for Sion to level upw
>
Last skill for Sion to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationMinion DematerializerApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Sion's passive ability p
Sion's q ability q
Sion's w ability w
Sion's e ability e
Sion's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Veigar

Tips for Playing as Sion with Veigar

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 Veigar Will Play

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Sion Veigar Synergy Stats

Sion Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Veigar Image
4.3
< Kills >
4.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.8
7.2
< Assists >
6.8
0.94
< Killing Sprees >
0.95
181
< Minions Killed >
186
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.58
13,302
< Physical Damage >
13,015
8,271
< Magic Damage >
8,117
666
< True Damage >
641
22,240
< Damage Dealt >
21,774
48,681
< Damage Taken >
47,606
12,172
< Gold Earned >
12,155
2.88
< Towers >
3.06
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,066
< Total Healing >
8,795
15,716
< Experience >
15,422
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
701
< Time Dealing CC >
679

How to Play with Veigar as Sion in LoL

The Sion Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 Veigar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Veigar helps Sion perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Sion tries to synergize with Veigar, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This could indicate that Veigar supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Veigar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Veigar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Veigar.

Additionally, when Sion plays with Veigar on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Veigar does a poor job of protecting Sion during team fights.

Synergies between Sion and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Sion
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sion
Veigar

Is Sion better when played alongside Veigar?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Sion that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Veigar is a not very good ally for Sion. By playing on the same side as Sion, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.0%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Sion and Veigar that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Veigar has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means you must be cautious when finding Veigar teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Sion and Veigar together, you will not be granting your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Veigar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Sion Players

How We Calculated Our Sion Veigar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sion and Veigar, we analyzed 3,515 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Sion with Veigar comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Sion to work well with Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to have in your Sion and Veigar synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Sion bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Veigar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 49.0% helping carry Veigar with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Sion players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.

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