Katarina with Sion
How to Synergize Katarina and Sion
based on 3,346 Katarina with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Sion Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Sion
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Sion
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina 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, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sion. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sion helps Katarina perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Katarina plays on the same team as Sion, she observes a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Sion supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played together with Sion on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Sion. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Sion.
Additionally, when Katarina plays with Sion on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of protecting Katarina in team fights.
Synergies between Katarina and Sion
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Sion?
There is no one best ally for Katarina that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, overall, Sion is a very typical teammate for Katarina. By locking into the same team as Katarina, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 48.1%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Katarina and Sion that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Sion has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Sion teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Katarina players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by bringing Katarina and Sion together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much crowd control. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Sion ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Katarina to pair well with Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Katarina and Sion synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Katarina incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Sion than with many other common builds. In fact, Katarina had an average win rate of 48.1% when playing alongside Sion with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
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