Tank · Baron Lane

Sion Wild Rift Guide

Q: Is Sion a good blind pick TOP?

Sion can be a decent blind pick, but not an automatic one. He brings frontline, health scaling, and macro pressure that remain useful in many drafts. The issue comes from matchups that punish his slowness, dodge his Q, or shred him with percent-health damage. If your team already has enough damage and can follow your engage, the blind is much more comfortable. If you may become the only frontline and damage threat, the pick becomes more fragile.

Q: Should Sion play split push or teamfight?

Sion often needs to alternate between both. His split push is strong when he can clear fast, threaten Demolish, and force an opponent to answer. But he should not stay side lane while a decisive dragon or Baron happens without him. The correct plan is to push the wave before the objective, then choose: stay if the enemy answers poorly, or join with Teleport or ultimate if the fight becomes winnable.

Q: Why does my Sion feel tanky but useless in fights?

The most common reason is that you enter without a usable angle. Sion can absorb a lot of damage, but if he engages too far from his team or charges Q in an easy area to leave, the enemy simply moves around him. His tankiness must create a decision: either the enemy focuses you and wastes time, or ignores you and suffers your control. If neither happens, you probably entered too early or in the wrong place.

Q: Should Sion’s passive encourage you to die?

No. The passive is compensation and sometimes a zoning weapon, not permission to give kills. It becomes useful if your death happens in the middle of an objective, inside a trapped backline, or near a tower that can be finished. It becomes bad if you die alone side lane without a wave, without useful Teleport, and without pressure behind you. A good Sion uses passive to extend an already valuable action, not to justify a bad entry.

Sion is a Baron Lane tank, an unstoppable colossus who absorbs enormous damage while delivering impactful crowd control.

★ Baron Lane Tier A July 2026 · Patch 7.2a tankbaron lanefrontline

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Win 50.4% #35 · ↑11pt

Pick 7.9% #8

Ban 0.3% #63

§ 01 — Editorial brief

Sion TOP keeps a solid place in the patch because he brings something many solo queue drafts underestimate: durable frontline, constant side-lane pressure, and long-range engage that forces the enemy team to respect the whole map.

By WRC Studio ~ 2 min read Patch 7.2a

Sion is a Baron Lane tank, an unstoppable colossus who absorbs enormous damage while delivering impactful crowd control. His charged shield smash and charging ultimate engage are among the most impactful initiation tools in the game. His passive allows him to keep fighting for a few seconds after death. In Wild Rift, Sion is a dominant frontliner in engage compositions, ideal for initiating teamfights and creating sustained pressure that protects his carries through prolonged melee exchanges.

Sion fits in mass engage compositions seeking to cluster enemies and destroy them in teamfights. He benefits from allies who can follow his knock-ups and slows with immediate damage. Massive AoE compositions get the maximum from his kit.

Sion is countered by compositions that can interrupt him during ability charges or escape his AoE zones. Long-range poke and mobile profiles reduce his combat impact. His predictable ultimate can be avoided by well-coordinated compositions.

With Sion, charge your Q from angles where enemies can't easily flee. Use your ultimate to join fights from long range or scatter enemy positions. In lane, your passive regeneration maximizes your ability to absorb poke.

Expert note

Expert take

Sion is a discipline champion more than just a wall of health. Average players often reduce him to a tank who pushes and engages from far away, but his real value comes from how he forces the enemy to answer multiple threats at once. He can hold a side lane, break the rhythm of an objective, create a decisive knock-up with Q, or die in the middle of a fight and keep disturbing carries through passive. But all of this requires clear reading: where the wave is, who can follow the ultimate, which opponent can dodge the charge, and whether the team has enough damage behind him. Sion is excellent if you want to stabilize a draft and win through progressive pressure. He becomes weak if you play him like an automatic engage button without preparation.

Weak point

Hidden weakness

Sion’s hidden weakness is not only kiting. It is his dependence on preparation. His Q needs an angle, his ultimate needs a path, his split push needs a wave, and his passive needs him to die in the right place to have real value. When Sion plays without setup, he still looks like a massive tank, but his actions become easy to read. Good opponents do not always beat him by killing him quickly; they beat him by denying the zones where he wants to charge, waiting out his shield, and forcing him to engage before his team is ready.

§ 02 — Strengths & weaknesses Sion Wild Rift strengths and weaknesses

↑ Strengths

The patch rewards top laners who remain useful even without dominating lane. Sion can lose some trades, still stack health, absorb pressure, and turn a simple pushed wave into tower threat with Demolish.
His ultimate gives a clear answer to messy games: if the enemy team spreads before an objective, Sion can start a long-range engage and force an immediate decision instead of waiting for a perfect front-to-back.
Heartsteel and Overgrowth make his scaling windows easy to read. The longer the game goes, the more every enemy mistake against his positioning becomes costly, especially if Sion saves his shield to absorb the first burst.
He brings real macro safety: even when his team does not group well, Sion can push, force someone to answer, then rejoin the map with Teleport or ultimate depending on the timing.

↓ Weaknesses

Avoid Sion if your team lacks reliable DPS. He can engage, soak damage, and control space, but if no one dies during his first rotation, the enemy team can simply kite back and cut him down.
Avoid him against drafts full of mobility, percent-health damage, and champions able to interrupt or dodge his Q timings. In those games, every overcharged Q becomes an invitation to be punished.
Do not pick him if your team wants to play only long-range poke without ever committing. Sion needs someone to convert the space he creates; otherwise his ultimate becomes an isolated engage and his body protects no one.
Avoid Sion if you absolutely need to win the early 1v1. He can survive and neutralize, but against lane bullies or precise duelists, his plan is often to reduce damage before becoming useful elsewhere.

Win Rate (30d) 50.36%-1.13 pts

Pick Rate 7.85%

Ban Rate 0.33%

Sion's win rate has dropped -1.13 pts over the last 30 days, now at 50.36%. See the full Wild Rift meta trends for more biggest movers.

§ 03 — Game planSion Wild Rift game plan: early, mid and late game

I Early

Controlled push, R plates and shifts; avoids…

Niv. 1 → 6

Controlled push, R plates and shifts; avoids unfavorable prolonged trades.

II Mid

Frontline to objectives, force TP plays and side…

Niv. 7 → 11

Frontline to objectives, force TP plays and side control.

III Late

Protects/engages according to compo; looks for…

Niv. 12+

Protects/engages according to compo; looks for wall angles for a decisive R.

Data — Stats per levelSion Wild Rift base stats per level (1-15)

Movement speed 355Attack range 175Bonus attack speed / lvl +1.2%

Show stats per level

Lvl	HP	AD	Armor	MR	Mana	HP regen	Res. regen
1	630	64	46	38	345	7.5	9
2	734	68.6	49.5	40	394	8.4	9.7
3	838	73.1	53	42	443	9.4	10.4
4	942	77.7	56.5	44	492	10.3	11.1
5	1,046	82.2	60	46	541	11.3	11.8
6	1,150	86.8	63.5	48	590	12.2	12.5
7	1,254	91.3	67	50	639	13.1	13.2
8	1,358	95.9	70.5	52	688	14.1	13.9
9	1,462	100.4	74	54	737	15	14.6
10	1,566	105	77.5	56	786	16	15.3
11	1,670	109.5	81	58	835	16.9	16
12	1,774	114.1	84.5	60	884	17.8	16.7
13	1,878	118.6	88	62	933	18.8	17.4
14	1,982	123.2	91.5	64	982	19.7	18.1
15	2,086	127.7	95	66	1,031	20.7	18.8

Base data : wiki.leagueoflegends.com (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-07-09

§ 05 — Recommended buildBest Sion Wild Rift build for the current patch

Sion builds around health to amplify his growing health passive and engagement durability. Resistance items complement his health base. In late game, his health accumulation through passive makes him a practically indestructible tank.

Core

Heartsteel

Sunfire Aegis

Titanic Hydra

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Mercury's Treads

See the full build

§ 06 — The matchup wallSion Wild Rift counters and synergies

Hard Unfav. Skill Fav. Synergy

See all counters · 4 See all synergies · 4

§ 07b — Advanced MechanicsSion: combos & tips Wild Rift

All-in Flash combo

Flash

4 AA

Charge Q discreetly, Flash over the enemy and release for a guaranteed knock-up that’s impossible to avoid

Ult engage combo

6 AA

7 AA

Use your ult for an unstoppable engage, use ability 2 for the shield, ability 3 for the slow and armour reduction, Q for the knock-up, then recast ability 2 for AoE damage

Short-range trade combo

Shield first, slow + armour reduction from ability 3, minimal Q for damage, recast ability 2 if the shield is still active

Mechanical Tips

Decimating Smash (Q) charge: Q deals significantly more damage and causes a knock-up when fully charged — a minimum of 2 seconds’ charge is required for the knock-up; in combat, start charging as soon as the enemy is CC’d by something else
Soul Furnace (2) passive: Ability 2 grants passive HP on monster/champion kills — these permanent HP stacks are Sion’s true strength in the late game
Soul Furnace recast: Ability 2 can be reactivated after 3 seconds to explode and deal damage — if the shield is destroyed beforehand, it will still be reactivated
Unstoppable Onslaught (Ult): Sion is unstoppable whilst the ultimate is charging — he can pass through the walls of certain areas [to be confirmed in WR]; stopping on a champion stuns nearby enemies

Common Mistakes

Q charged incorrectly: Releasing Q too early (< 2s charge) only deals damage without a knock-up — reposition to allow time to charge it fully
Ult without an ally to follow up: Unstoppable Onslaught engages brilliantly, but Sion cannot go all-in on his own — always use your ult when the team can follow up within the next second
Soul Furnace activated too late: activating the second ability after taking burst damage is sub-optimal — activate it at the START of the fight to have the maximum shield during the exchanges

Notable Interactions

Sion has a death mechanic: when his HP reaches 0, he temporarily rises as a zombie with his full attack speed and movement speed — use these seconds to auto-attack the enemy carry or run towards an objective
Roar of the Slayer (3) can bounce off minions/monsters — in lane, cast it on a minion with a champion behind it to slow both and reduce their armour
With Titanic Hydra and HP stacks from Soul Furnace, a fully charged Q can one-shot fragile carries

Patch 7.2 build — computed

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§ 07 — PreceptsSion Wild Rift tips for ranked

Tip · 01

Don't charge Q for too long if the enemy has dash; half-charge is often enough.

Codex

Tip · 02

Your passive turns a death into a threat: fall among them during objectives.

Codex

§ 08 — DialoguesSion Wild Rift FAQ

Q.01 Is Sion a good blind pick TOP? +

Sion can be a decent blind pick, but not an automatic one. He brings frontline, health scaling, and macro pressure that remain useful in many drafts. The issue comes from matchups that punish his slowness, dodge his Q, or shred him with percent-health damage. If your team already has enough damage and can follow your engage, the blind is much more comfortable. If you may become the only frontline and damage threat, the pick becomes more fragile.

Q.02 Should Sion play split push or teamfight? +

Sion often needs to alternate between both. His split push is strong when he can clear fast, threaten Demolish, and force an opponent to answer. But he should not stay side lane while a decisive dragon or Baron happens without him. The correct plan is to push the wave before the objective, then choose: stay if the enemy answers poorly, or join with Teleport or ultimate if the fight becomes winnable.

Q.03 Why does my Sion feel tanky but useless in fights? +

The most common reason is that you enter without a usable angle. Sion can absorb a lot of damage, but if he engages too far from his team or charges Q in an easy area to leave, the enemy simply moves around him. His tankiness must create a decision: either the enemy focuses you and wastes time, or ignores you and suffers your control. If neither happens, you probably entered too early or in the wrong place.

Q.04 Should Sion’s passive encourage you to die? +

No. The passive is compensation and sometimes a zoning weapon, not permission to give kills. It becomes useful if your death happens in the middle of an objective, inside a trapped backline, or near a tower that can be finished. It becomes bad if you die alone side lane without a wave, without useful Teleport, and without pressure behind you. A good Sion uses passive to extend an already valuable action, not to justify a bad entry.