Taliyah vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Taliyah
based on 1,114 Taliyah vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Sion
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
Advice to Win Against Sion
Use the time after Sion has died to reposition and prepare for his return.
Even if Sion still hits a Decimating Smash, making him release the charge earlier reduces its impact.
Taliyah vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Taliyah in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Taliyah versus Sion matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sion..
Taliyah often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taliyah and Sion
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when playing against Sion, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Taliyah does have a higher win rate compared to Sion, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Sion.
Furthermore, Taliyah also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Sion matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Taliyah is a decent counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Taliyah against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Taliyah versus Sion build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Sion than with most other common builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Sion as Taliyah, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Taliyah vs Sion battles, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.7% win rate overall.
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