Sion with Lucian
How to Synergize Sion and Lucian
based on 6,068 Sion with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Lucian Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Sion with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Sion Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Sion in LoL
The Sion Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lucian helps Sion perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion plays on the same team as Lucian, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Lucian supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played with Lucian 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 Lucian.
Additionally, when Sion plays with Lucian on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Lucian does a poor job of protecting Sion in team fights.
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Is Sion better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no top companion for Sion that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Lucian is a below average teammate for Sion. By being on the same side as Sion, he drops their win rate by -1.5% to 48.7%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Sion and Lucian that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Lucian has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Lucian teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by bringing Sion and Lucian together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Lucian ally, 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, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sion in order to synergize with Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Sion and Lucian synergy build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Sion used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Lucian than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when playing alongside Lucian with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Sion players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Sion and Lucian pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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