Maokai vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Maokai
based on 4,190 Maokai vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Sion
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some strategic Maokai against Sion counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sion. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Sion
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Who is Better, Maokai or Sion?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Sion, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Sion.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate compared to Sion, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Sion.
Additionally, Maokai has a lot 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 overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Sion matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Maokai is an above average counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average racks up a lot less CS as Sion. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Sion build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Sion as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Maokai vs Sion counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.1% win rate overall.
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