Sion Champion Overview and Draft Guide
Understand Sion's tank identity, when his engage and side pressure fit a draft, and how mobility and lane control can blunt his impact.
Sion Counter Strategy & Strategy (Patch 16.11)
When to Counter Sion
Pick Sion when your team needs a durable front line that can start fights from distance or absorb pressure in a side lane. He works well in drafts that want strong wave control, tower pressure, and a tank who can occupy multiple enemy responses without disappearing instantly. Sion is especially useful when the enemy lacks repeated mobility to dodge his charge patterns.
How to Counter Sion Strategy
Do not fight Sion on his terms in narrow spaces where his Q and ultimate cover the entire route of escape. Break his engage angles with vision and sidesteps, then punish the downtime after he commits because much of his threat is tied to landing long windups. In side lanes, force him to answer mobile pressure rather than letting him shove uncontested into structures.
Sion Targeted Build Strategy
Knowing Sion's ideal items helps you build optimal counters.
Sion Key Weaknesses
Sion's most impactful tools are visible and slow enough to react to, which means missed ability windows leave him feeling clumsy. He also struggles into teams that can repeatedly kite him, shred tanks, or ignore his body and reach more valuable targets.
Worst Matchups for Sion
Fiora, Gwen, Vayne, Aatrox, and Camille give Sion persistent problems because they either cut through his durability or avoid his telegraphed crowd control while outtrading him. These matchups punish both his side-lane plans and his reliance on predictable setup.
Best Champions Against Sion
Orianna, Samira, Miss Fortune, Sejuani, and Azir love playing with Sion because his long-range engage and space control create stable front-to-back fights. He is especially valuable with allies that can capitalize immediately when his ultimate or charged Q locks a team in place.
Sion Counter Tips & Summary
Sion is a tanky disruptor who brings massive health scaling, long-range engage, and wave pressure that can stretch the map. He offers frontline value and objective presence, but his abilities are telegraphed and his large body is vulnerable to kiting and percent-health damage.