Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
The stats provided here underscore some strategic Twitch against Sivir matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sivir. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Twitch usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Twitch usually wins when facing off against Sivir, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Twitch makes a good counter for Sivir.
While Twitch does have a higher win rate than Sivir, when facing one another, Twitch also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Twitch into Sivir.
Moreover, Twitch also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Sivir matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Twitch is a good counter for Sivir. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Twitch against Sivir.
To learn all of the intricacies of Twitch in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sivir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Sivir build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Twitch combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Sivir than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Twitch boasted an average winrate of 52.8% battling Sivir with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Sivir as Twitch, Twitch players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Twitch vs Sivir counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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