Kindred vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Kindred
based on 1,970 Kindred vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Sion
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
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.
Kindred vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Kindred in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Kindred versus Sion matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Sion..
Kindred normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Sion
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Who is Better, Kindred or Sion?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when playing against Sion, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a bad counter for Sion.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kindred into Sion.
Moreover, Kindred also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kindred is a garbage counter for Sion. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kindred against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kindred in order to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Sion. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kindred versus Sion build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Kindred combined at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better against Sion than with many other common builds. In fact, Kindred had an average winrate of 47.8% when countering Sion with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Sion as Kindred, Kindred players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kindred vs Sion counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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