Sion with Akshan
How to Synergize Sion and Akshan
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Sion Akshan Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Sion with Akshan
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.
Advice to Understand How Akshan Will Play
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Sion Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Sion in LoL
The Sion Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sion sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akshan helps Sion perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion is an ally to Akshan, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Akshan does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played with Akshan 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 alongside Akshan.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Akshan on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Akshan does a decent job of protecting Sion during teamfights.
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Is Sion better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no one best companion for Sion that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Akshan is a pretty good companion for Sion. By locking into the same side as Sion, they increases their win rate by 1.5% to 51.7%. This proves that there is a good strategic relationship between Sion and Akshan that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Sion. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Akshan comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by aligning Sion and Akshan together, you will not be providing your team enough magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Akshan teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to work well with Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Sion and Akshan synergy build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Sion incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Akshan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing alongside Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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