Nasus with Sion
How to Synergize Nasus and Sion
based on 943 Nasus with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Sion Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Sion
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Sion
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nasus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sion. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sion helps Nasus perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nasus is an ally to Sion, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Sion doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played with Sion on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sion.
Moreover, when Nasus plays with Sion on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Sion does a poor job of protecting Nasus during teamfights.
Synergies between Nasus and Sion
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Sion?
There is no one best champion pairing for Nasus that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Sion is a below average companion for Nasus. By locking into the same side as Nasus, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 49.2%. This shows that there is a bad synergy between Nasus and Sion that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Sion has a lower difficulty than Nasus. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Sion allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Nasus and Sion together, you probably will not be granting your team very much utility. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Sion ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to synergize with Sion during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Nasus and Sion synergy build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Sion than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing alongside Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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