Sion vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Sion
based on 1,114 Sion vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Sion vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Sion against Taliyah counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taliyah..
Sion often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sion and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Sion or Taliyah?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when playing against Taliyah, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Sion makes an ok counter for Taliyah.
While Sion does have a lower winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sion into Taliyah.
Furthermore, Sion also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sion vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter for Taliyah. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sion against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion in order to counter Taliyah during both the lane 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 tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Sion versus Taliyah build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Taliyah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 49.3% battling Taliyah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Taliyah 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. Of all the runes players used for Sion vs Taliyah counters, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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