Malzahar vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Malzahar
based on 3,384 Malzahar vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Sion
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Malzahar against Sion counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion..
Malzahar often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Sion
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Sion?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Sion, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter for Sion.
While Malzahar does have a lower win rate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Malzahar into Sion.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malzahar is a terribly counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sion. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Sion than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when countering Sion with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Sion as Malzahar, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Malzahar vs Sion face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
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