Shen with Sion
How to Synergize Shen and Sion
based on 612 Shen with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Sion Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Sion
Tips for Playing as Shen with Sion
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
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.
Shen Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Shen in LoL
The Shen 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, Shen sees a very large drop in his 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 Shen perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen is an ally to Sion, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This may signal that Sion does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Sion on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sion.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Sion on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of protecting Shen in team fights.
Synergies between Shen and Sion
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Is Shen better when played alongside Sion?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Shen that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Sion is a not very good teammate for Shen. By playing on the same team as Shen, he decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 48.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Shen and Sion that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Sion has a greater difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players need to be very careful when enlisting Sion comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Shen and Sion together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Sion ally's ability, you should focus on increasing 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 Shen to work well with Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Shen and Sion synergy build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Sion than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shen boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing alongside Sion with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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