Ekko vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Ekko
based on 4,958 Ekko vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Sion
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
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.
Ekko vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Ekko versus Sion matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Ekko usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Sion
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Who is Better, Ekko or Sion?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes an ok counter for Sion.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate than Sion, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Sion matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your strategy 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 Ekko against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to counter Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average picks up less CS relative to Sion. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Ekko versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Sion than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Sion as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Ekko vs Sion face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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