Ekko vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Ekko
based on 6,567 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
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.
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.
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 stats provided here feature some strategic Ekko versus Sion counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sion. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Ekko often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Sion
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Who is Better, Ekko or Sion?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when taking on Sion, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Ekko does have a lower winrate than Sion, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Sion matchups, Sion 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 late stage team fights.
Ekko is a somewhat poor counter for Sion. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko usually picks up less CS as Sion. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have 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 Ekko versus Sion build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Lich Bane. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Sion than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Sion with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Sion as Ekko, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ekko vs Sion clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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