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Sivir
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Scale to 3+ items and force teamfights in narrow corridors like jungle paths. Use to bounce damage through their frontline into the squishy carries. Use to help your team collapse on out-of-position enemies.
Playstyle
The queen of wave management. You aren't here to win 1v1 duels; you're here to shove every lane to the Nexus and shred entire teams with ricochets in late-game front-to-back fights.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Incredible waveclear with and —impossible to dive because the wave is always gone
- + is a free 'get out of jail' card against CC-heavy lanes like Blitzcrank or Leona
- +Massive team utility with for hard engage or disengage
- +Late-game monster; bounces can crit and melt backliners without ever touching them
Weaknesses
- -Short auto-attack range (500)—you have to get dangerously close to hit people
- -Extremely mana-hungry early on; spamming will leave you OOM quickly
- -Low burst damage compared to other ADCs like Lucian or Draven
- -Reliance on timing—if you miss the shield, you're fragile and immobile
Abilities
Hitting champs gives MS. Use this to kite back or chase down kills. If you land an auto or , use the speed to reposition immediately.
Long range poke that deals damage twice. If you hit them at max range, they take both hits almost instantly. Use it to thin waves or snipe low-health targets through walls.
Your main tool. Bounces to everything. Note: it resets your auto-attack timer. Use it immediately after an auto to maximize DPS. It also gives bonus Attack Speed.
Blocks one spell. If you succeed, you get health and MS. Don't just panic press it; wait for the hook or the high-damage ultimate. It has a long CD (18s+ early), so play safe when it's down.
Massive MS for everyone. While active, your attacks reduce your basic spell CDs. Use this early in fights to cycle more and casts.
Teamfight Role
Front-to-Back Hypercarry.
Stay behind your tanks and hit the closest target with . You don't need to dive the backline; your bounces will do the work for you. Keep ready for the most dangerous CC.
If an enemy carry is isolated and you have up, you can use the MS to run them down if your team is already winning the fight.
Combos
Short Trade
Auto → →
resets your auto-attack, letting you get two hits off instantly. Follow up with while they're retreating for maximum lane pressure.
The All-In
→ Auto → → → kite with
gives the speed to stay in range and lowers your CDs so you can get a second off faster during the fight.
Flash Snipe
→ Flash (mid-cast) → Auto →
You can buffer then Flash to change the launch angle or extend the range to catch someone off guard before they can react.
Defensive Kite
incoming CC → → while moving
The block gives health and speed, while ensures no one can catch you as you reposition to safety.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | is very strong if you land both halves, though your mana pool can't sustain spamming it. |
| Level 6 | makes you very hard to gank and lets you chase down kills your lane opponent can't escape. |
| Level 9 | is usually maxed here, giving you massive poke and the ability to clear the backline of a wave in one cast. |
| Level 13 | is maxed. This is your massive mid-game spike where your teamfight DPS starts to get scary with bounces. |
Tips & Tricks
- • is an auto-attack reset. Always AA then immediately press W for a double-tap.
- • deals less damage to each subsequent target. Aim it so it hits the champion first, not the minions.
- •You can use while moving or during other animations; it doesn't interrupt your pathing.
- • gives the MS buff to allies who enter the radius even AFTER you've already cast it.
- •Baiting hooks with is a valid strategy to get the health/MS boost, but only if you're sure you won't get burst down after.
- •The bounce range on is large; you can hit the turret to bounce damage onto a champion standing far behind it.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Wasting on low-impact poke.→You get hit by a high-impact hook or ultimate 5 seconds later and die instantly.
- ✕Spamming in lane for no reason.→You run out of mana and lose the ability to clear waves or trade back when the enemy engages.
- ✕Standing too close because of the 500 range.→You get caught in AoE CC that wasn't even aimed at you, leading to an easy death.
- ✕Using too late in a fight.→Your team can't reposition or engage, and you lose the CD reduction benefit that wins the DPS race.
- ✕Ignoring the auto-reset on .→You lose out on a significant chunk of burst and sustained DPS in 1v1 scenarios.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached