Bard vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Bard
based on 2,798 Bard vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Sion Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Sion as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Sion
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Sion
Use the time after Sion has died to reposition and prepare for his return.
Even if Sion still hits a Decimating Smash, making him release the charge earlier reduces its impact.
Bard vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Bard in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Bard against Sion matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Sion
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Who is Better, Bard or Sion?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Sion, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter to Sion.
While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Sionas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Sion matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is an above average counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Sion. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Bard versus Sion build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Sion than with many other typical builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.9% when countering Sion with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Sion as Bard, Bard players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Bard vs Sion face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.9% winrate overall.
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