You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
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.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Sion against Varus counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Sion usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sion usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Sion makes a good counter for Varus.
While Sion does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sion into Varus.
Additionally, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Varus matchups, Sion is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sion is an above average counter for Varus. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sion against Varus.
To learn all of the intricacies of Sion in order to counter Varus 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion often racks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sion versus Varus build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Varus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Varus as Sion, Sion players should equip 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 that we analyzed for Sion vs Varus clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Varus as Sion are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.