Talon vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Talon
based on 2,207 Talon vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Sion
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several valuable Talon vs. Sion matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Talon normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Sion
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Who is Better, Talon or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter for Sion.
While Talon does have a higher win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Sionas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Sion matchups, Talon is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Talon is a decent counter for Sion. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Talon versus Sion build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Sion than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Sion as Talon, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Talon vs Sion counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.
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