Sion vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Sion
based on 2,418 Sion vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Sion vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Sion vs. Soraka counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Sion usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Soraka
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Who is Better, Sion or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually loses when trying to fight Soraka, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Sion makes a poor counter for Soraka.
While Sion does have a lower win rate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sion into Soraka.
Additionally, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sion vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion often picks up much more CS as Soraka. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Sion versus Soraka build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Soraka than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 48.3% battling Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Soraka as Sion, you should use 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 we have analyed for Sion vs Soraka clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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