Sion vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Sion
based on 1,648 Sion vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Sion vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Sion versus Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Sion typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Sion or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually wins when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a good counter to Heimerdinger.
While Sion does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sion into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Heimerdinger matchups, Sion is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sion is a good counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Sion versus Heimerdinger build consist of Heartsteel, Titanic Hydra, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Heimerdinger than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Sion, you should equip 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 combinations players picked for Sion vs Heimerdinger counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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