Kalista vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Kalista
based on 870 Kalista vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Sion
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Kalista against Sion matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sion. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Sion
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Who is Better, Kalista or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when facing off against Sion, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Sion.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Sionas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista 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 teamfights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Sion. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kalista to counter Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Sion. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kalista versus Sion build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Sion than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 48.3% battling Sion with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Sion as Kalista, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kalista vs Sion counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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