Leona vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Leona
based on 3,769 Leona vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Sion
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Leona versus Sion counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sion. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Sion
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Who is Better, Leona or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Sion, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a good counter to Sion.
While Leona does have a higher win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Leona into Sion.
Additionally, Leona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Sion matchups, Leona is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Leona is a decent counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Sion during both the early game 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 suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona on average picks up a lot less CS as Sion. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Leona versus Sion build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Sion than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Sion as Leona, Leona players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Leona vs Sion matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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