Sion with Malphite
How to Synergize Sion and Malphite
based on 1,698 Sion with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Sion with Malphite
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 Malphite Will Play
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Sion Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Sion in LoL
The Sion Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, 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 Malphite. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Sion perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion is paired with Malphite, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Malphite does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Malphite on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Sion in team fights.
Synergies between Sion and Malphite
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Is Sion better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Sion that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Malphite is a very typical companion for Sion. By playing on the same side as Sion, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 49.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Sion and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Sion. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Malphite comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Sion players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by aligning Sion and Malphite together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sion to pair well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Sion and Malphite synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Sion included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Sion players should take 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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