Karthus vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Karthus
based on 1,270 Karthus vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Sion
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
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.
Karthus vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Karthus in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Karthus versus Sion counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion..
Karthus typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Sion
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Who is Better, Karthus or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Sion, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter to Sion.
While Karthus does have a lower win rate compared to Sion, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Sionas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Karthus is a bad counter to Sion. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karthus in order to counter Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually gets less CS as Sion. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Sion build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Karthus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Sion than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Karthus had an average win rate of 46.2% battling Sion with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Sion as Karthus, Karthus players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Karthus vs Sion LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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