Malphite vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Malphite
based on 4,022 Malphite vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Sion
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Malphite against Sion matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sion..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Sion
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Who is Better, Malphite or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually loses when taking on Sion, with a 45.7% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a poor counter to Sion.
While Malphite does have a much lower winrate than Sion, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Malphite into Sion.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a bad counter to Sion. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sion. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Malphite versus Sion build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Sion than with many other common builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 45.7% when countering Sion with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Sion as Malphite, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Malphite vs Sion face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.7% winrate overall.
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