Sion vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Sion
based on 3,150 Sion vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Riven
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 Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Sion vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Sion against Riven counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Sion usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Riven
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Who is Better, Sion or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a poor counter to Riven.
While Sion does have a lower winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sion into Riven.
Moreover, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sion vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sion to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion often racks up a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Sion versus Riven build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Sion included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Riven than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Riven with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Riven 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Sion vs Riven fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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