Sion vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Sion
based on 3,708 Sion vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Sion vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Sion versus Darius counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Darius..
Sion usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Darius. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Darius
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Who is Better, Sion or Darius?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when facing off against Darius, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Sion makes an ok counter to Darius.
While Sion does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sion into Darius.
Moreover, Sion also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Darius matchups, Sion is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sion is a decent counter for Darius. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion in order to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Darius. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Sion versus Darius build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Darius than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Darius as Sion, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sion vs Darius counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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