Sion vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Sion
based on 4,190 Sion vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Sion vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Sion versus Maokai counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Maokai..
Sion typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Maokai. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Maokai
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Who is Better, Sion or Maokai?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sion usually loses when trying to fight Maokai, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a poor counter to Maokai.
While Sion does have a lower winrate than Maokai, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sion into Maokai.
Furthermore, Sion also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sion is a bad counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sion against Maokai.
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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 Maokai during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion usually picks up much more CS compared to Maokai. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sion versus Maokai build consist of Wit's End, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Maokai than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 47.9% battling Maokai with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Maokai as Sion, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Sion vs Maokai matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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