Ambessa vs Sion in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his Q is the whole threat — side-dash through it, even when he early-releases to catch you. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPAMBESSAthe Hound of War

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPSIONThe Undead Juggernaut

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

Side-dash his Q on cooldown; a good Sion will early-release it to catch your dash, so don't burn your dashes early.

Melt him with Q

Side-dash and slowly melt him with Q and combos — your sweet-spot Q's deal insane damage, so late it may be your job to kill him in fights.

Save a dash

When you move to finish him, keep one dash up — his passive can still drag you down as he dies if you're left with no escape.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never facecheck his bushes or push blind through fog of war — good Sions cheese you from there.

Runes

RESOLVEmatchup page

INSPIRATIONoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 577 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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