Kalista with Sion
How to Synergize Kalista and Sion
based on 833 Kalista with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Sion Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Sion
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Sion
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Advice to Understand How Sion Will Play
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Kalista Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sion. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Sion helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is an ally to Sion, she gets a little increase in her total damage output. This could signal that Sion supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Sion on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Sion.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Sion on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of covering Kalista in teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Sion
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Sion?
There is no top champion pairing for Kalista that will always be her #1 ally. Yet, Sion is a decent ally for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 1.5% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important synergy between Kalista and Sion that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Sion has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be very careful when finding Sion comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Kalista and Sion together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sion teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to synergize with Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Kalista and Sion synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when paired up with Sion than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Sion with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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