Is Sion good in Patch 26.13?

Sion is C tier Top in Patch 26.13 with a 49.0% win rate, 4.5% pick rate, and 1.2% ban rate over merged Emerald+ data from u.gg and op.gg. MOBA Trainer rescored Sion Top after Patch 26.13 using win rate, pick rate, and ban rate within the Top role.

What is the best build for Sion Top?

The best Sion Top build in Patch 26.13 uses Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean with the Grasp of the Undying keystone from op.gg build data merged into MOBA Trainer. Sion Top is C tier with 49.0% win rate this patch.

Champions that counter Sion in Patch 26.13 include Yone (46.3% Sion win rate), Sett (46.3% Sion win rate), Aatrox (46.7% Sion win rate), based on matchup win rates from merged Emerald+ data. See the counters section for full matchup stats.

What should I practice to climb with Sion?

To climb with Sion Top in Patch 26.13, focus on the core patterns MOBA Trainer drills for this champion — Baiting, Ganking, and Wave management. Baiting: Baiting is a mindgame employed to provoke enemies into making a mistake. Ganking: Ganking is a great way to get advantage in the early game.

TOP · EMERALD+ · RANKED SOLO

How to Play SionTop Build, Emerald+Patch 26.13

The recommended Sion Top build for LoL Patch 26.13, from rune set to skill order to item path, based on MOBA Trainer's merged Emerald+ data.

In Patch 26.13, Sion is C tier Top with 49.0% win rate over merged Emerald+ data. Best build: Grasp of the Undying + Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair. Hardest matchup: Yone (46.3% win rate for Sion). Key patterns to practice: Baiting, Ganking, and Wave management.

Patch 26.13 · Emerald+ · Ranked Solo

TierNo tier changeC#42of 47 Top champions

Win rate49.0%vs 50.1% role avg

Pick rate4.5%12th most picked Top

Ban rate1.2%

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Sion Top Build (Patch 26.13)

Highest win rate build path (4.6% pick rate, 49.2% win rate). Stats aggregated from Emerald+ ranked.

Runes

49.2% WR

ResolvePRIMARY

Grasp of the UndyingKEYSTONE

Demolish

Conditioning

Overgrowth

InspirationSECONDARY

Cash Back

Approach Velocity

SHARDS

Grasp of the Undying · Demolish · Conditioning · Overgrowth + Cash Back · Approach Velocity

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleport

Skill order

EMax Q first

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28101213

31415

611

Item build

4.6% pick

Starting

Doran's Shield + Health Potion

Core build

Hollow Radiance

Unending Despair

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Situational

Unending Despair

Heartsteel

Hollow Radiance

Thornmail

Sunfire Aegis

Titanic Hydra

Sion Top meta analysis (Patch 26.13)

Sion holds a 49.0% win rate in the Top role on Patch 26.13, 1.1 points below the Top role average of 50.1%. That is the 42nd highest win rate of 47 Top champions tracked at Emerald+ this patch. With a 4.5% pick rate (12th most played in the role) and a 1.2% ban rate, Sion rarely gets banned, so the pick is almost always available in champion select.

Sion Top held steady at C tier through Patch 26.13, with no tier movement since the previous data merge. Stable ratings are a good sign for one-tricks: the play patterns you practice now should keep working next patch. At C tier, Sion is a mains-only pick this patch: expect to out-knowledge opponents rather than out-stat them.

Champion select decides a lot of Sion Top games. The hardest matchups this patch are Yone (46.3% win rate for Sion) and Sett (46.3% win rate for Sion): consider banning one or holding your pick until the opponent locks in. On the other side, Malphite (54.7%) and Jayce (53.0%) are the matchups to look for, where Sion wins the lane more often than not at Emerald+.

How to play Sion Top

Pick Sion Top in patch 26.13 only as a comfort pick: expect to out-knowledge opponents rather than out-stat them.

Sion Top guide

Sion top is built around Decimating Smash (Q), Roar of the Slayer (E), and Soul Furnace (W): hold Decimating Smash for its full charge to knock up and stun, use Roar of the Slayer to slow and strip armor first, and pop Soul Furnace to shield before the trade and reactivate it for bonus magic damage. Glory in Death (passive) lets him reanimate briefly after dying, healing and dealing bonus damage off his rapid attacks.

The build

Rune page: Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, and Overgrowth (Resolve), with Cash Back and Approach Velocity (Inspiration). Summoners: Flash and Teleport. Skill order opens Decimating Smash (Q), Soul Furnace (W), Roar of the Slayer (E), then maxes Decimating Smash (Q) first. Starter: Doran's Shield and a Health Potion, into Plated Steelcaps. Core build: Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Jak'Sho, The Protean, with Heartsteel, Thornmail, Sunfire Aegis, and Titanic Hydra as later options.

Ability mechanics

Decimating Smash (Q) charges a swing that only knocks up and stuns enemies if held long enough before release. Roar of the Slayer (E) fires a shockwave that damages, slows, and reduces the armor of the first enemy hit, and knocks back a minion or monster it strikes, hitting everyone the minion passes through. Soul Furnace (W) shields Sion and can be reactivated after 3 seconds for magic damage nearby, and kills near it grant him permanent bonus maximum health.

Matchups

Hardest matchups by win rate: Yone, Sett, Aatrox, Garen, Darius. Best matchups: Malphite, Jayce, Gangplank.

Other Top champions at a similar power level in Patch 26.13:

View Sion counters · LoL tier list

Frequently asked questions

Is Sion good in Patch 26.13?: Sion is C tier Top in Patch 26.13 with a 49.0% win rate, 4.5% pick rate, and 1.2% ban rate over merged Emerald+ data from u.gg and op.gg. MOBA Trainer rescored Sion Top after Patch 26.13 using win rate, pick rate, and ban rate within the Top role.
What is the best build for Sion Top?: The best Sion Top build in Patch 26.13 uses Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean with the Grasp of the Undying keystone from op.gg build data merged into MOBA Trainer. Sion Top is C tier with 49.0% win rate this patch.
Who counters Sion?: Champions that counter Sion in Patch 26.13 include Yone (46.3% Sion win rate), Sett (46.3% Sion win rate), Aatrox (46.7% Sion win rate), based on matchup win rates from merged Emerald+ data. See the counters section for full matchup stats.
What should I practice to climb with Sion?: To climb with Sion Top in Patch 26.13, focus on the core patterns MOBA Trainer drills for this champion — Baiting, Ganking, and Wave management. Baiting: Baiting is a mindgame employed to provoke enemies into making a mistake. Ganking: Ganking is a great way to get advantage in the early game.