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Sion vs Nilah

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

based on 1,628 Sion vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Sion engaged Nilah in 1628 games. With so many games with Sion vs Nilah gives us faith in our ability to prepare useful data and a solid build to shatter Nilah. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Sion encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Sion vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sion does a poor job of beating Nilah. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.7% of games the champions face one another in. In Sion against Nilah games, Sion’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Nilah.

Best Sion vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
CullHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Sion Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

Frozen HeartJak'Sho, The ProteanTitanic HydraHullbreaker

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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W
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Sion

Tips for Playing as Sion against Nilah

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.

Sion vs Nilah Counter Stats

Sion Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Nilah Image
4.3
< Kills >
8
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
6.9
< Assists >
6.3
0.92
< Killing Sprees >
1.8
184
< Minions Killed >
172
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.54
13,115
< Physical Damage >
21,268
8,090
< Magic Damage >
203
626
< True Damage >
537
21,832
< Damage Dealt >
22,008
45,076
< Damage Taken >
25,099
11,879
< Gold Earned >
12,844
2.92
< Towers >
2.6
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,364
< Total Healing >
9,366
15,161
< Experience >
13,582
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
667
< Time Dealing CC >
92

How to Counter Nilah with Sion in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Sion versus Nilah counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nilah..

Sion often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nilah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sion and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Sion
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sion
Nilah

Who is Better, Sion or Nilah?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Sion makes a poor counter to Nilah.

While Sion does have a lower win rate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Sion also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Sion into Nilah.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Sion is a garbage counter to Nilah. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Nilah.

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 Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Sion, we analyzed 1,628 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 Nilah 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

If you would like to truly master Sion in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sion often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Nilah. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Sion versus Nilah build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Sion combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Nilah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 47.7% battling Nilah with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Nilah 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 combinations that we analyzed for Sion vs Nilah fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Sion are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.