Yasuo vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Yasuo
based on 7,345 Yasuo vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Sion
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Yasuo in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Yasuo versus Sion matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sion’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sion..
Yasuo usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Sion. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Sion
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Sion?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Yasuo does have a lower win rate than Sion, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Sionas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Sion matchups, Sion 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.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter to Sion. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo to counter Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Sion. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Yasuo versus Sion build consist of Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Sion than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Sion with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Sion as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Yasuo vs Sion fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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