Caitlyn vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Caitlyn
based on 10,264 Caitlyn vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Sion
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Caitlyn versus Sion counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sion..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Sion
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when facing off against Sion, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a bad counter for Sion.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Sion.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sion. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Caitlyn versus Sion build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Sion than with many other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of beating Sion as Caitlyn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Sion battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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