Jhin vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Jhin
based on 11,416 Jhin vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Sion
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Jhin versus Sion matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sion. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Jhin often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Sion. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Sion
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Who is Better, Jhin or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Jhin makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Jhin does have a higher winrate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Jhin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Sion.
Moreover, Jhin 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Sion matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jhin to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sion. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Sion build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Jhin included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Sion than with many other typical builds. In fact, Jhin boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Sion with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Sion as Jhin, Jhin players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Jhin vs Sion clashes, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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