Kassadin vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Kassadin
based on 1,369 Kassadin vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Sion
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Kassadin versus Sion matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kassadin normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Sion
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Sion?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when trying to fight Sion, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a good counter for Sion.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Sionas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Sion matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter to Sion. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kassadin versus Sion build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Sion than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 51.2% when countering Sion with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Sion as Kassadin, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Kassadin vs Sion fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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