Veigar vs Sion Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Sion enters with more movement speed and more base attack damage, 345 and 68 compared with 340 and 52. Those edges translate into a 42.9% win rate against Veigar over 119 games on patch 16.13.1, which is thin evidence for a matchup this volatile.
On paper, the 550 attack range against 175 should decide the lane, yet it doesn’t. Unstoppable Onslaught is a charge he can steer, it accelerates the longer it travels, and it can cross an entire lane. Event Horizon is the answer to it, which turns the fight into a repeated one-cast guessing contest each time the ultimate comes back. Decimating Smash launches enemies into the air when fully charged, Roar of the Slayer slows and strips armor from range, and Soul Furnace provides a shield while permanently raising his maximum health with each kill.
His defenses don’t follow the usual pattern. Sion starts with more health, 655 to 580, but ends with less, 2,134 against Veigar‘s 2,416, because his growth comes from that passive health gain instead of the base stat curve. He has 36 base armor and 107.4 at level 18, while Veigar sits at 18 and 106.4. His damage is mixed, so magic resistance on its own won’t handle him, and the items you buy only need to counter the pure magic damage. Glory in Death brings him back with fast healing attacks, which means finishing him before an objective doesn’t take him out of the fight. Difficulty ratings are 5 and 7.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Sion has the statistical edge. Veigar wins 42.9% of the recorded games.
42.9% from Veigar's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
119 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Veigar build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Veigar build page.