Sion with Galio
How to Synergize Sion and Galio
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Sion Galio Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Galio
Tips for Playing as Sion with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Sion Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Sion in LoL
The Sion Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Sion perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion plays on the same team as Galio, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Galio does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Galio.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Galio on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Galio does a decent job of covering Sion in teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Galio
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Is Sion better when played alongside Galio?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Sion that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Galio is a decent companion for Sion. By being on the same team as Sion, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 51.8%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Sion and Galio that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Sion. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Galio allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Sion players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Sion and Galio together, you will not be providing your side a great deal of AD. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Galio ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Sion and Galio synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Galio than with most other common builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 51.8% helping carry Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Galio with Sion are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.