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How to Win Sion vs Viktor Counter MatchupSion is in the a tier of champions

Sion vs Viktor

How to Beat Viktor as Sion in LoLSion is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Viktor as Sion

based on 1,533 Sion vs Viktor matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.61
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Viktor as Sion resulted from an evaluation of 1533 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Sion fights Viktor in only 1.5% of his games.

Sion vs Viktor Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sion does a dismal job of beating Viktor. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champs battle one another in. In Sion against Viktor rounds, Sion’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Viktor.

Best Sion vs Viktor Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
CullHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Sion Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Frozen HeartHullbreakerTitanic HydraHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sion to level upq
>
Second ability for Sion to level upw
>
Last skill for Sion to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationMinion DematerializerApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Sion's passive ability p
Sion's q ability q
Sion's w ability w
Sion's e ability e
Sion's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Sion

Tips for Playing as Sion against Viktor

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 Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.

Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Sion vs Viktor Counter Stats

Sion Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Viktor Image
4.2
< Kills >
6.5
6.7
< Deaths >
5.6
6.6
< Assists >
7.7
0.91
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
192
< Minions Killed >
188
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.47
12,534
< Physical Damage >
837
7,616
< Magic Damage >
28,359
622
< True Damage >
805
20,772
< Damage Dealt >
30,001
48,437
< Damage Taken >
19,218
12,232
< Gold Earned >
12,396
2.98
< Towers >
1.94
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,813
< Total Healing >
1,794
15,587
< Experience >
15,582
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
675
< Time Dealing CC >
315

How to Counter Viktor with Sion in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Sion against Viktor matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viktor..

Sion typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Viktor. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sion and Viktor

Damage Types Compared

Sion
Viktor
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sion
Viktor

Who is Better, Sion or Viktor?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sion usually loses when taking on Viktor, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Sion makes a bad counter for Viktor.

While Sion does have a lower win rate compared to Viktor, when facing one another, Sion also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sion into Viktor.

Additionally, Sion has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Sion is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sion against Viktor.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sion

Sion Loses Against

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Sion Wins Against

ZoeZoe56.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee56% winrateEliseElise55.7% winrateNunu & WillumpNunu & Willump54.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

QuinnQuinn+ 54.2% 622 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 54.8% 5103 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.1% 6434 GamesNilahNilah+ 56.3% 1528 Games

Additional Information for Sion Players

How We Calculated Our Sion vs Viktor Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viktor as Sion, we analyzed 1,533 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Viktor as Sion comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion to counter Viktor 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sion on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Viktor. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Sion versus Viktor build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Sion combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Viktor than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Viktor with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Viktor as Sion, Sion players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sion vs Viktor clashes, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.

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