Sion vs Veigar Counter Pick

Two passives define this pairing and they point in opposite directions. Phenomenal Evil Power grows permanently every time Veigar strikes a champion with a spell or scores a kill; Glory in Death gives Sion a reanimation phase with rapid, healing attacks after he has already been killed. One rewards patience, the other rewards commitment. Sion takes 56.8% of a 125-game mid sample on patch 16.13.1, so commitment is winning at present.

Event Horizon is the pivot. Veigar’s cage stuns whatever passes through its edge, and a stunned Sion mid-charge loses both Unstoppable Onslaught and the fight. Cast it early or into a stale position and Veigar has nothing left except 340 movement speed to escape a juggernaut moving at 345. Everything else is a straight damage race Sion is happy to take at range 175 into 550, because Baleful Strike and Dark Matter need repeat casts while Soul Furnace shields through them and detonates for magic damage in return.

The scaling clause still applies. Primordial Burst hits harder the lower its target sits, so a Sion who has been chipped without threatening back stays inside execute range even at 2,134 health. Magic resist bought early is worth more than a fourth health item, since Sion’s 32 base magic resist is his soft side and Veigar opens with only 18 armor. Veigar’s difficulty rating is 7 to Sion’s 5, and both spend mana. Kits: Sion and Veigar.