Sion vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Sion
based on 2,887 Sion vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Sion vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Sion against Kayle matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle..
Sion usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Kayle
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Who is Better, Sion or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayle, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Sion makes an ok counter for Kayle.
While Sion does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sion into Kayle.
Moreover, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sion vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sion against Kayle.
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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 Kayle during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Sion versus Kayle build include Wit's End, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Kayle than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 49.4% battling Kayle with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Kayle as Sion, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Sion vs Kayle counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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