Sion with Gnar
How to Synergize Sion and Gnar
based on 269 Sion with Gnar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Gnar Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Sion with Gnar
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 Gnar Will Play
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Sion Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Sion in LoL
The Sion Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, 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 Gnar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gnar helps Sion perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion plays on the same team as Gnar, he gets a measurable drop in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Gnar doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played alongside Gnar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gnar.
Additionally, when Sion plays with Gnar on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Gnar does a poor job of protecting Sion in teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Gnar
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Is Sion better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Sion that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Gnar is a below average teammate for Sion. By locking into the same team as Sion, he drops their win rate by -1.9% to 48.3%. This shows that there is a bad strategic relationship between Sion and Gnar that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gnar has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players should be cautious when lining up Gnar teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working on the same side, Sion players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Sion and Gnar together, you may not be giving your team enough magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Gnar ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 truly master Sion to work well with Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to use in your Sion and Gnar synergy build include Warmog's Armor, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Sion bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Gnar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 48.3% helping carry Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Sion players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Gnar with Sion are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.