Nami vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Nami
based on 2,881 Nami vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Sion
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Nami in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Nami versus Sion matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Sion. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Sion
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Who is Better, Nami or Sion?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when playing against Sion, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Nami does have a higher win rate than Sion, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Sion.
Moreover, Nami has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nami vs Sion matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nami is a decent counter to Sion. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Sion. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Nami versus Sion build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Sion with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Sion as Nami, Nami players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nami vs Sion matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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