Sion with Xerath
How to Synergize Sion and Xerath
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Sion Xerath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Sion with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Sion Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Sion in LoL
The Sion Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xerath helps Sion perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion tries to synergize with Xerath, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Xerath helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played with Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Xerath on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Sion in teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Xerath
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Is Sion better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no top synergy for Sion that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Xerath is a very typical ally for Sion. By being on the same side as Sion, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 50.7%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Sion and Xerath that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players should be careful when lining up Xerath teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Sion and Xerath together, you will not be providing your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Sion and Xerath synergy build include Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Sion combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 50.7% helping carry Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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