Sion vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Sion
based on 7,345 Sion vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sion vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Sion vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Sion
Tips for Playing as Sion against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Sion vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Sion in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Sion vs. Yasuo matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sion’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sion may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo..
Sion normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sion and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Sion or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sion usually fairs equally well when playing against Yasuo, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Sion makes an ok counter for Yasuo.
While Sion does have a higher win rate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Sion also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sion into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Sion has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sion vs Yasuo matchups, Sion is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sion is a decent counter to Yasuo. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sion against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sion in order to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sion often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly 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 do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Sion versus Yasuo build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Sion combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Yasuo than with most other common builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Yasuo with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Yasuo as Sion, Sion players 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 picked for Sion vs Yasuo fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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