Sion vs Yone Counter Pick

37.1% over 307 mid games measured on patch 16.13.1 is the worst kind of result: not a close matchup that swings on execution, but a structural mismatch. Sion and Yone share 175 attack range and 345 movement speed, so none of the usual melee advantages apply, and Yone spends Flow rather than mana. What separates them is that Way of the Hunter adds magic damage on every second attack and raises his critical strike chance, giving him a damage type Sion’s 107.4 armor at level 18 cannot reduce and a scaling curve that beats 68 base attack damage.

Mortal Steel builds Gathering Storm stacks and turns into a dash at two, Soul Unbound detaches his spirit and returns him to safety, and Fate Sealed pulls a line of enemies backwards: three separate ways to leave or re-enter a fight that a charging Sion has no reply to. Spirit Cleave shields on top, scaling with the number of champions hit. Sion’s counterplay is narrow and specific, landing Roar of the Slayer’s slow while Yone is out of body, holding the fully charged Decimating Smash for the moment he commits, and using Glory in Death’s rapid healing attacks to trade a death for a kill. Yone is rated 8 for difficulty against Sion’s 5, so mechanical errors are more likely to come from the winning side. Pages: Sion, Yone.