Yone vs Sion Counter Pick

Killing Sion does not end the fight. Glory in Death reanimates him with rapidly decaying health and very fast attacks that heal him, so the reset most mid duels finish on simply does not exist — Fate Sealed is often better spent on the reanimated form than on the living one. Even with that caveat the matchup is lopsided: 63.1% for Yone across 295 games on patch 16.13.1.

Neither champion can disengage. Both attack from 175 units and both move at 345, so every exchange runs to a conclusion, and the tools that decide it are slow ones. Decimating Smash has to be charged before it knocks anyone up, Roar of the Slayer is a short shockwave that shreds armor on the first target, and Unstoppable Onslaught announces itself from across the map. Soul Unbound answers all three by leaving Yone’s body outside the danger while his spirit takes the space. The stat curve then bends away from Sion: he opens tougher at 655 health and 36 armor to 620 and 33, but by level 18 Yone holds 2,405 health and 111.2 armor against 2,134 and 107.4. Sion’s damage is mixed, splitting the resistances Yone needs to buy, while the magic hit from Way of the Hunter on every second attack bypasses part of the armor Sion stacks. Difficulty ratings of 8 and 5 keep the gap from being automatic.