Sion with Vi
How to Synergize Sion and Vi
based on 2,630 Sion with Vi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Vi Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Vi
Tips for Playing as Sion with Vi
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 Vi Will Play
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Sion Vi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vi as Sion in LoL
The Sion Vi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vi, 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 Vi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Vi helps Sion perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion is an ally to Vi, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Vi provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played with Vi 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 with Vi.
Additionally, when Sion plays with Vi on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Vi does a decent job of covering Sion in team fights.
Synergies between Sion and Vi
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Is Sion better when played alongside Vi?
There is no perfect companion for Sion that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Vi is a good ally for Sion. By playing on the same side as Sion, she raises their win rate by 1.2% to 51.4%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Sion and Vi that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Vi has a lower difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players don't need to be very careful when lining up Vi teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Sion players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by pairing Sion and Vi together, you will not be granting your side enough magic damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Vi ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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How We Calculated Our Sion Vi Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sion to work well with Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Sion and Vi synergy build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Vi than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 51.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Vi with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Vi with Sion are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.