Sion vs Xin Zhao in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: his E (Audacious Charge) engage — this is a losing lane, so respect his all-in. 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 · TOPXIN ZHAOthe Seneschal of Demacia

VS

Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his charge

His E (Audacious Charge) is his all-in engage — you're behind in this lane, so don't feed the dive.

Losing lane

The author rates this a loss — play safe, farm what you can, and build game-based rather than for the 1v1.

Play it like WW

The author maps this 1:1 onto the Warwick matchup — the same gameplan applies.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never try to win the straight 1v1 — the author rates this lane a loss, so don't hand him kills forcing it.

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 - 1.0k 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

IMPROVE YOUR MACRO

Winning lane is only half the game — rotations, wave control and objective tempo decide the rest. Train the map on MOBA Trainer.

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