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Sion

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.2%#42 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.1%picked in 839 of 6,906 games
Ban: 5.1%175 bans over 3,418 games, against 0.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Top51.3% between 48.3% and 54.2% over 772 gamesSoloQ 49.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 6,931 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 372,957 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Yone in amateur play: +21.3 pts over 30 games, range above zero.+21.3 pt30 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.9%
SoloQ
1.9%
5.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.3%
SoloQ
0.7%
5.3% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 0.7% in soloQ over 166,064 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying90% · 13,128

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport84% · 12,252

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 162 games

Core (3 legendaries)5% · 306

5%of soloQ games

Hollow Radiance
Unending Despair
Jak'Sho, The Protean

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of top laners.

Absorbs damagetop1%2,339 · top laners: 970
Lets allies carry killstop2%rank 99 of 100
Plays teamfightstop4%60% · top laners: 53%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other top laners

Damage in late game
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 23 in lane, 17 in mid game and 33 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

542-57 vs 599

804-64 vs 868

1,007-72 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Siontop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 88% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 23 of 100 among top laners542 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 17 of 100 among top laners804 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 33 of 100 among top laners1,007 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 15 of 100 among top laners-418 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 12 of 100 among top laners-650 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 100 of 100 among top laners2,339 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 96 of 100 among top laners60% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 4 of 100 among top laners18% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 99 of 100 among top lanersrank 99 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 91 of 100 among top laners1.5 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 31 of 100 among top laners19% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Yone in amateur play: +21.3 pts over 30 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Yone73.3% · expected 52.1% · 30 g+21.3 ptSoloQ -7.1

Dr. Mundo66.7% · expected 58.7% · 39 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -1.8

Gwen48.0% · expected 46.4% · 50 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao64.2% · expected 51.7% · 67 g+12.5 ptSoloQ -2.5

Skarner61.9% · expected 55.2% · 42 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +5.5

Lee Sin45.7% · expected 45.0% · 35 g+0.7 ptSoloQ 0.0

Midgap to expected

Hwei62.2% · expected 49.9% · 37 g+12.2 ptSoloQ -1.9

Syndra53.8% · expected 51.1% · 80 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +2.2

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal66.0% · expected 52.7% · 53 g+13.3 ptSoloQ +1.7

Xayah54.3% · expected 50.9% · 35 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +0.1

Supportgap to expected

Milio65.5% · expected 52.6% · 58 g+13.0 ptSoloQ +2.4

Leona63.9% · expected 56.0% · 36 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -3.4

Bard51.5% · expected 44.6% · 33 g+7.0 ptSoloQ 0.0

Thresh52.5% · expected 50.0% · 40 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -0.2

Blitzcrank51.6% · expected 47.6% · 31 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +1.8

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV55.3% · expected 50.9% · 85 g+4.3 ptSoloQ -2.5

Midgap to expected

Xerath72.7% · expected 48.9% · 33 g+23.9 ptSoloQ -3.9

Orianna56.9% · expected 52.2% · 51 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -1.7

Locke62.9% · expected 56.3% · 35 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +0.9

ADCgap to expected

Yunara58.8% · expected 53.5% · 85 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

Jinx50.0% · expected 48.8% · 56 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +3.4

Xayah52.1% · expected 51.7% · 48 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -0.6

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus61.0% · expected 54.4% · 59 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +4.9

Milio55.0% · expected 50.0% · 60 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -3.7

Rell62.5% · expected 55.8% · 32 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.4

Lulu49.4% · expected 48.2% · 81 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -0.2

Bard62.5% · expected 58.0% · 32 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -0.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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