Ryze vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Ryze
based on 899 Ryze vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Sion
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Ryze against Sion counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sion..
Ryze typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Sion. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Sion
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Who is Better, Ryze or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ryze usually loses when trying to fight Sion, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a poor counter for Sion.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate than Sion, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze 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 team fights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter to Sion. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ryze against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze to counter Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Sion. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Ryze versus Sion build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Sion than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ryze had an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Sion as Ryze, Ryze players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Ryze vs Sion clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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