Rek'Sai vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Rek'Sai
based on 559 Rek'Sai vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Sion
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Rek'Sai against Sion counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Sion. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Sion
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Sion?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher winrate than Sion, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Sion.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Sion matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai most often gets a lot less CS compared to Sion. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Sion build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Sion than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 50.1% battling Sion with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Sion as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Sion face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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