Heimerdinger vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Heimerdinger
based on 1,648 Heimerdinger vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Sion
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here feature several important Heimerdinger against Sion matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sion..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Sion. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Sion
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Sion?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Sion, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter for Sion.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Heimerdinger into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger 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 allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a trash counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sion. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Sion build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Sion than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Sion with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Sion as Heimerdinger, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Sion counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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