Sion with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Sion and Nunu & Willump
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Sion Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Sion with Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump Will Play
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Sion Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Sion in LoL
The Sion Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, 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 Nunu & Willump. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nunu & Willump helps Sion perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion tries to synergize with Nunu & Willump, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Nunu & Willump supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Nunu & Willump 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 Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, when Sion plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Sion during team fights.
Synergies between Sion and Nunu & Willump
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Is Sion better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no ideal synergy for Sion that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Nunu & Willump is a terrible ally for Sion. By locking into the same team as Sion, he decreases their win rate by -3.5% to 46.7%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Sion and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Sion. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Nunu & Willump teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Sion and Nunu & Willump together, you will not be giving your side a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Nunu & Willump teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Sion and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Sion incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nunu & Willump than with most other common builds. In fact, Sion had an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Sion and Nunu & Willump pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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