Vel'Koz vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Vel'Koz
based on 2,173 Vel'Koz vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Sion
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Vel'Koz versus Sion counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sion..
Vel'Koz usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Sion. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Sion
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when playing against Sion, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Sion, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Sionas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Sion matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Sion. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average gets less CS relative to Sion. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Sion build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Sion than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Sion with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Sion as Vel'Koz, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Sion clashes, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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