Lissandra vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Lissandra
based on 1,226 Lissandra vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Sion
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown here show some critical Lissandra vs. Sion matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sion..
Lissandra usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Sion
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Sion?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when playing against Sion, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a bad counter to Sion.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Lissandra into Sion.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 Lissandra 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 teammates during teamfights.
Lissandra is a trash counter to Sion. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lissandra against Sion.
Other Champion Matchups Against Lissandra
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sion. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Lissandra versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 48.0% battling Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Sion as Lissandra, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Lissandra vs Sion LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
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