Nasus vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Nasus
based on 2,832 Nasus vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Sion
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Nasus vs. Sion matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sion..
Nasus typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Sion
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Who is Better, Nasus or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually loses when taking on Sion, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes a bad counter for Sion.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Sion.
Additionally, Nasus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter for Sion. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Sion during both the early game 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 displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often gets a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nasus versus Sion build include Spirit Visage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Sion than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Sion with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Sion as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nasus vs Sion face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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