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How to Win Orianna vs Sion Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Sion

How to Beat Sion as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sion as Orianna

based on 1,452 Orianna vs Sion matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.78
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our data, Orianna engaged Sion 1452 times. Using so many games with Orianna vs Sion gives us a lot of faith in our ability to provide enlightening statistics and a pro build to shatter your opposition. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Orianna fights Sion in only 2.7% of her rounds.

Orianna vs Sion Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna does a poor job of countering Sion. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champs face one another in. In Orianna against Sion rounds, Orianna’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Sion.

Best Orianna vs Sion Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentSeraph's EmbraceStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Sion as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Sion

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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.

Orianna vs Sion Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Sion Image
5.6
< Kills >
4.2
5.5
< Deaths >
6.8
9.7
< Assists >
6.6
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
0.92
172
< Minions Killed >
189
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,280
< Physical Damage >
12,601
21,926
< Magic Damage >
7,847
356
< True Damage >
633
23,563
< Damage Dealt >
21,082
19,494
< Damage Taken >
47,394
11,434
< Gold Earned >
12,181
2.07
< Towers >
3.2
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,033
< Total Healing >
8,683
14,780
< Experience >
15,420
21
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
376
< Time Dealing CC >
672

How to Counter Sion with Orianna in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several critical Orianna vs. Sion counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between this pair of champions. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sion..

Orianna typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Sion

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Sion
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Sion

Who is Better, Orianna or Sion?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when taking on Sion, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a poor counter to Sion.

While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Orianna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Sionas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Orianna has some 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 lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna 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 team members during teamfights.

Orianna is a terribly counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Sion.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Sion Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sion as Orianna, we analyzed 1,452 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Sion as Orianna comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Orianna versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Sion with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Sion as Orianna, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Orianna vs Sion clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sion as Orianna are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.