Sion vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Sion
based on 2,832 Sion vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Sion vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Sion versus Nasus matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Sion usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Nasus
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Who is Better, Sion or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually wins when facing off against Nasus, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Sion makes a good counter to Nasus.
While Sion does have a higher win rate compared to Nasus, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sion into Nasus.
Moreover, Sion also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Nasus matchups, Sion is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Sion is a decent counter for Nasus. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to counter Nasus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Sion versus Nasus build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Nasus than with many other common builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 51.5% battling Nasus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Nasus 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Sion vs Nasus matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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