K'Sante with Sion
How to Synergize K'Sante and Sion
based on 399 K'Sante with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
K'Sante Sion Synergy Summary
Best K'Sante vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing K'Sante and Sion
Tips for Playing as K'Sante with Sion
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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.
K'Sante Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as K'Sante in LoL
The K'Sante Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, K'Sante sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sion. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sion helps K'Sante perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When K'Sante is an ally to Sion, they sees a marginal improvement in their full damage output. This change could signal that Sion provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when K'Sante is played together with Sion on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Sion.
Moreover, when K'Sante plays with Sion on the same side, they on average takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of protecting K'Sante in teamfights.
Synergies between K'Sante and Sion
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Is K'Sante better when played alongside Sion?
There is no ideal companion for K'Sante that will always be their best teammate. However, Sion is a relatively poor companion for K'Sante. By being on the same side as K'Sante, he decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 44.9%. This shows that there is a negative bond between K'Sante and Sion that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Sion has a much lower diffuclty than K'Sante. That means K'Sante players don't need to be very careful when finding Sion teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, K'Sante players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by bringing K'Sante and Sion together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of AP. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Sion ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante to work well with Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your K'Sante and Sion synergy build consist of Iceborn Gauntlet, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante bought at least these three great items in their build, they performed significantly better when paired up with Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average winrate of 44.9% helping carry Sion with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Sion with K'Sante are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.