Sion vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Sion
based on 2,173 Sion vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Sion vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Sion in LoL
The stats provided here feature some strategic Sion against Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Sion often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Sion or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Sion makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Sion does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Sion also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sion into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sion vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz 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 teamfights.
Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sion against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion typically gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sion versus Vel'Koz build include Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Vel'Koz 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 builds that we analyzed for Sion vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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