Neeko with Sion
How to Synergize Neeko and Sion
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Neeko Sion Synergy Summary
Best Neeko vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Neeko and Sion
Tips for Playing as Neeko with Sion
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Neeko in LoL
The Neeko 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, Neeko sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sion. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sion helps Neeko perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Neeko is an ally to Sion, she sees a small increase in her full damage output. This change may signal that Sion helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Neeko is played with Sion on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Sion.
Moreover, when Neeko plays with Sion on the same side, she usually takes more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of protecting Neeko during teamfights.
Synergies between Neeko and Sion
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Is Neeko better when played alongside Sion?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Neeko that will no matter what be her #1 teammate. However, Sion is a relatively poor companion for Neeko. By being on the same team as Neeko, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 47.7%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Neeko and Sion that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Sion has a lower difficulty than Neeko. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Sion allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Neeko players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Neeko and Sion together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much sustained damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Sion ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Neeko to synergize with Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to have in your Neeko and Sion synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Neeko used at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Sion than with most other common builds. In fact, Neeko had an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Sion with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Neeko and Sion pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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