Talk:Sivir/@comment-217.92.235.191-20130226145804

Mid may actually be her best lane right now.

She doesn't counter any other ad carry (just take my word on that) and the only reason to bring Sivir right now is as a counter pick or if you want to run some weird split push comp, which only pros can do effectively.

If you put her bot lane she's just a pub stomper, because it is not hard to outplay Sivir as anyone, when you keep these 2 simple things in mind:

1. Avoid stuns from her support or hide behind creeps to avoid the damage of her Q

2. Poke her with auto attacks, whenever she last hits a creep. Every ad carry has more range than her

She doesn't counter Ez, because he can poke her way out of her range and can quickly poke with auto attacks boosted by his passive.

She doesn't counter Graves either, because he can E out of her Q and outtrade her simply by being tanky and having better base stats. He does not need Q to beat Sivir as long as he dodges her Q.

She doesn't even counter Caitlyn, unlike lots of people claim. Caitlyn has a 150 range advantage and can poke simply with auto attacks. She can also dodge Q with her E. Sivir denies some of her zone control, but her range disadvantage makes it still a bad matchup.

I can go on and on and tell you how she is counterable by each ad carry in the game, except for Teemo, but fuck Teemo.

In my opinion she was designed as an anti-mage duelist and that's how she should be played imho: mid lane. Lots of fun to be had. Laning Sivir against Kassadin gets pretty close to the definition of a hard counter, which are not supposed to exist in this game. If you happen to meet a mage, who isn't stupid to let you him with each Q, just max W and push hard. No one pushes harder than Sivir. She can counter a roaming mid so well, simply by maxing W and dunking the tower the second the enemy leaves the lane.

Also the base damage on her W is one of the few abilities left in the game that can crit. Doesn't sound like much, but it's significant.