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How to Synergize Sion and Nilah

based on 1,528 Sion with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
56.3 %
K/D/A
1.67
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Sion has fought alongside Nilah in 1528 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Sion play with Nilah. It is very rare for Sion to play alongside Nilah as teammates. This pairing has only happened in about 1.5% of rounds with Sion.

Sion Nilah Synergy Summary

Sion has done a great job of synergizing with Nilah. Typically, he wins a fantastic 56.3% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Sion when playing with Nilah by learning how to better synergize your strategy with them, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sion vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Sion Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Titanic HydraUnending DespairHullbreakerForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sion to level upq
>
Second ability for Sion to level upw
>
Last skill for Sion to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationMinion DematerializerApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Sion's passive ability p
Sion's q ability q
Sion's w ability w
Sion's e ability e
Sion's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Sion and Nilah

Tips for Playing as Sion with Nilah

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.

Sion Nilah Synergy Stats

Sion Image
Win Rate
56.3 %
VS
Win Rate
43.7 %
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4.2
< Kills >
4.3
6.6
< Deaths >
6.8
6.8
< Assists >
6.8
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
0.95
179
< Minions Killed >
186
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.58
12,634
< Physical Damage >
13,015
7,750
< Magic Damage >
8,117
619
< True Damage >
641
21,004
< Damage Dealt >
21,774
45,476
< Damage Taken >
47,606
11,802
< Gold Earned >
12,155
3
< Towers >
3.06
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,297
< Total Healing >
8,795
15,174
< Experience >
15,422
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
663
< Time Dealing CC >
679

How to Play with Nilah as Sion in LoL

The Sion Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, 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 Nilah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nilah helps Sion perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Sion is an ally to Nilah, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This could signal that Nilah does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Nilah 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 synergisticly with Nilah.

Additionally, when Sion plays with Nilah on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nilah does a decent job of protecting Sion during team fights.

Synergies between Sion and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Sion
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sion
Nilah

Is Sion better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Sion that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Nilah is a superb teammate for Sion. By locking into the same team as Sion, they raises their win rate by 6.1% to 56.3%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Sion and Nilah that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Nilah has a much greater difficulty compared to Sion. That means Sion players should be careful when enlisting Nilah teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to play well with you.

When playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by pairing Sion and Nilah together, you probably will not be providing your side a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Nilah ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Sion Players

How We Calculated Our Sion Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sion and Nilah, we analyzed 1,528 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Sion with Nilah comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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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 synergize with Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Sion and Nilah synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Sion used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nilah than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 56.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nilah with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Sion players should equip 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 rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 56.3% winrate overall.

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