Sion vs Riven in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: save your R for her Q3 knock-up — that's the hit that lands her full combo. 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 · TOPRIVENthe Exile

VS

Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Ult her Q3

Her third Broken Wings (Q3) is the knock-up that lands her all-in — hold your ult to interrupt it.

Trade on her cooldowns

Trade back once she's blown her Q dashes — make her spend two Qs just to reach you.

Warden's spike

The lane becomes far more playable once you finish Warden's Mail — survive to it.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never trade while all her Q dashes are up — wait until she's committed them to swing back.

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+ - 49% WR - 524 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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