Veigar vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Veigar
based on 3,605 Veigar vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Sion
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Veigar in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Veigar against Sion counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sion’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion..
Veigar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Veigar and Sion
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Who is Better, Veigar or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually loses when playing against Sion, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes a poor counter to Sion.
While Veigar does have a lower win rate compared to Sion, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Veigar into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Veigar is a trash counter to Sion. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Sion.
Other Champion Matchups Against Veigar
Additional Information for Veigar Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Veigar to counter Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Veigar versus Sion build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Sion than with many other common builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average win rate of 47.5% battling Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Sion as Veigar, Veigar players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Veigar vs Sion counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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