Pyke vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Pyke
based on 3,594 Pyke vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Sion
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Pyke versus Sion matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sion..
Pyke often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Sion
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Who is Better, Pyke or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when playing against Sion, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a bad counter for Sion.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order 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 presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Sion. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Pyke versus Sion build consist of Umbral Glaive, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Sion than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Sion as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Pyke vs Sion matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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