Sion with Zilean
How to Synergize Sion and Zilean
based on 1,192 Sion with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sion Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Sion with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Sion Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Sion in LoL
The Sion Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zilean helps Sion perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sion tries to synergize with Zilean, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Zilean helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Additionally, when Sion plays with Zilean on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Zilean does a poor job of covering Sion during teamfights.
Synergies between Sion and Zilean
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Is Sion better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Sion that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Zilean is a below average teammate for Sion. By locking into the same side as Sion, he drops their win rate by -1.3% to 48.9%. This demonstrates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Sion and Zilean that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Zilean has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means you must be very careful when arranging Zilean teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Sion and Zilean together, you probably will not be giving your other allies enough attack damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Zilean teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sion to synergize with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Sion and Zilean synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Sion included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sion had an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Zilean with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you 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 sets players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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