Zilean with Sion
How to Synergize Zilean and Sion
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Zilean Sion Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Sion
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Sion
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.
Advice to Understand How Sion Will Play
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.
Zilean Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sion. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sion helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is an ally to Sion, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Sion supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Sion on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sion. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sion.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Sion on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of protecting Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Sion
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Sion?
There is no one best companion for Zilean that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Sion is a relatively poor companion for Zilean. By locking into the same side as Zilean, he drops their win rate by -1.8% to 48.9%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Zilean and Sion that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Sion has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be careful when finding Sion teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Zilean and Sion together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much sustained damage output. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sion ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to synergize with Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zilean and Sion synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Sion than with most other common builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Sion with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Zilean and Sion pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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