Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
The stats shown on this page show several strategic Sion versus Shaco counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shaco..
Sion typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when facing off against Shaco, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Sion makes an ok counter for Shaco.
While Sion does have a lower win rate compared to Shaco, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Sion into Shaco.
Additionally, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Shaco. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Shaco.
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to counter Shaco 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion usually gets much more CS relative to Shaco. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sion versus Shaco build include Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis, and Gargoyle Stoneplate. When Sion bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Shaco than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Shaco 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. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Sion vs Shaco face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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