Kayle vs Sion Counter Pick

Sion has an unusual growth curve for a tank: 655 health at level one but only 2,134 at level 18, with 107.4 armour at maximum. Soul Furnace does grant permanent maximum health when he kills enemies, so the listed figure understates a fed Sion and overstates a starved one. Kayle wins 55.3% of the 742 games sampled on patch 16.13.1.

Trading is dictated by Roar of the Slayer, which damages, slows and reduces the armour of the first enemy struck, and by Decimating Smash, whose full charge knocks up. Both are telegraphed and both are avoidable at 175 range, which is where Kayle starts and Sion stays. Her mixed damage matters against a champion holding 32 base magic resist while buying armour for physical opponents, since Starfire Spellblade’s magic component is not covered by that purchase, and Radiant Blast lowers whatever he did buy. Unstoppable Onslaught is the equaliser, a steerable charge that ends the spacing game instantly, and Glory in Death means killing him only starts the next phase. Divine Judgment answers both, provided it is saved for the charge rather than spent on the first trade. The opening statistics still belong to him: 68 attack damage at level one against her 50, 345 move speed against 335, and 36 armor against 26. Soul Furnace also shields him before detonating for magic damage nearby, which flattens a trade she was winning.