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How to Win Sion vs Leona Counter MatchupSion is in the a tier of champions

Sion vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Sion in LoLSion is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
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How to Beat Leona as Sion

based on 3,769 Sion vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
1.7
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our database, Sion faced Leona in 3769 games. Including so many games with Sion vs Leona provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to wreck your rival. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Sion encounters Leona in only 3.6% of his matches.

Sion vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sion does a poor job of beating Leona. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Sion vs Leona rounds, Sion’s team is 0.2% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Leona.

Best Sion vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Sion Items

~22 Mins
HeartsteelTitanic HydraHollow Radiance

Optional Items

Spirit VisageRanduin's OmenForce of NatureUnending Despair

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sion to level upq
>
Second ability for Sion to level upw
>
Last skill for Sion to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationMinion DematerializerApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Sion's passive ability p
Sion's q ability q
Sion's w ability w
Sion's e ability e
Sion's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Leona as Sion

Tips for Playing as Sion against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Sion vs Leona Counter Stats

Sion Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Leona Image
4.4
< Kills >
2.2
6.9
< Deaths >
6
7.3
< Assists >
14.4
0.96
< Killing Sprees >
0.4
181
< Minions Killed >
32
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.43
12,881
< Physical Damage >
3,172
8,613
< Magic Damage >
7,327
715
< True Damage >
1,036
22,210
< Damage Dealt >
11,536
47,367
< Damage Taken >
24,081
12,031
< Gold Earned >
8,743
3.04
< Towers >
1.51
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,580
< Total Healing >
3,259
15,144
< Experience >
10,959
17
< Vision Score >
55
8
< Wards Placed >
23
670
< Time Dealing CC >
255

How to Counter Leona with Sion in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several important Sion against Leona matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Leona..

Sion normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Leona. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sion and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Sion
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sion
Leona

Who is Better, Sion or Leona?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Sion makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Sion does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Sion also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sion into Leona.

Moreover, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sion

Sion Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser45.6% winrateSkarnerSkarner45.8% winrateTrundleTrundle46.4% winrate

Sion Wins Against

ZoeZoe56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee56% winrateEliseElise55.7% winrateNunu & WillumpNunu & Willump54.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

QuinnQuinn+ 54.2% 622 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 54.8% 5103 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.1% 6434 GamesNilahNilah+ 56.3% 1528 Games

Additional Information for Sion Players

How We Calculated Our Sion vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Sion, we analyzed 3,769 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Sion comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Sion to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sion on average racks up much more CS as Leona. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Sion versus Leona build include Heartsteel, Titanic Hydra, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Leona than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Leona with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Leona as Sion, you 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 sets players picked for Sion vs Leona fights, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.

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