Sion with Vladimir
How to Synergize Sion and Vladimir
based on 2,486 Sion with Vladimir pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Vladimir Synergy Summary
Best Sion vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Sion with Vladimir
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 Vladimir Will Play
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Sion Vladimir Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vladimir as Sion in LoL
The Sion Vladimir synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vladimir, 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 Vladimir. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Vladimir helps Sion perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion is an ally to Vladimir, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Vladimir does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played alongside Vladimir on the same side, 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 Vladimir.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Vladimir on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Vladimir does a decent job of protecting Sion during teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Vladimir
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Is Sion better when played alongside Vladimir?
There is no one best champion pairing for Sion that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Vladimir is a very typical teammate for Sion. By locking into the same team as Sion, he improves their win rate by 0.8% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Sion and Vladimir that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Vladimir has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Vladimir teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Sion and Vladimir together, you may not be giving your side enough attack damage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Vladimir teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sion to synergize with Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to use in your Sion and Vladimir synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Sion used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 51.0% when playing alongside Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you 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 picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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