Sion vs Illaoi in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: her E — if she never lands it, you're fine. 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 · TOPSIONThe Undead Juggernaut

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPILLAOIthe Kraken Priestess

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her E

If she never lands E, you'll be fine — dodging Test of Spirit is the entire matchup.

Kill her pre-6

Easy kill pre-6 if you get a gank — set one up while she has no ult to bail her out.

Post-6 needs help

After 6 it's only decently doable if your jungler is high-damage like Graves or Evelynn.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never throw your CC before she ults — she goes unstoppable during it, so save it for after she casts.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 55% WR - 530 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→W→E

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