Sion vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Sion
based on 1,575 Sion vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Anivia
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Advice to Win Against Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Sion vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Sion in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Sion vs. Anivia counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between these two champs. Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Anivia. This observation is largely caused by the differences in deaths.
Sion usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Anivia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Anivia
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Who is Better, Sion or Anivia?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sion usually loses when taking on Anivia, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a poor counter for Anivia.
While Sion does have a lower win rate than Anivia, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Sion into Anivia.
Moreover, Sion has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sion is a garbage counter to Anivia. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion to counter Anivia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Anivia. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Sion versus Anivia build include Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Anivia than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 46.7% battling Anivia with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Anivia as Sion, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Sion vs Anivia counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.
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