Sion with Illaoi
How to Synergize Sion and Illaoi
based on 624 Sion with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Sion with Illaoi
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 Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Sion Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Sion in LoL
The Sion Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Illaoi helps Sion perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion is paired with Illaoi, he gets a pretty big loss in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Illaoi does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played with Illaoi 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 with Illaoi.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Illaoi on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Illaoi does a decent job of covering Sion during teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Illaoi
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Is Sion better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no ideal synergy for Sion that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Illaoi is a not very good ally for Sion. By locking into the same team as Sion, she drops their win rate by -2.6% to 47.8%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Sion and Illaoi that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Sion. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Illaoi teammates to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Sion and Illaoi together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much magic damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down 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 to work well with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Sion and Illaoi synergy build consist of Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Illaoi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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