How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Sion · 49.07% win rate (1,824 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his Q — Q-zone, out-scale his early.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Dodge it.
Read from Cho'Gath's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Two immobile tanks with no level-1 trade — you both just last-hit, neither knockup is online to punish, so it is a genuine wash. |
| Level 2 | Sion | Sion's charged Q (Decimating Smash) and Roar of the Slayer chip you and shred your armor before your Rupture-into-Feral-Scream combo exists to answer it. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your Rupture-W combo and Carnivore sustain come online, so you heal his Roar poke and the trades reset to even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Vorpal Spikes waveclear and Carnivore sustain stabilize the lane — both of you farm safely and neither can force a kill. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | Feast's point-blank true damage bypasses his stacked armor, making it the one tool that actually threatens to execute a tank and deters his all-in. |
| First item | Even / skill | Both tanks spike into farm-and-scale mode; your sustain matches his Q-shove so the first-item window stays even. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two HP-stacking tanks can't solo each other — it comes down to Feast stacks and teamfight knockup value, not the duel. |
Two slow, immobile tanks staring at each other — but Sion edges the very early game because his charged Q (Decimating Smash) and Roar of the Slayer chip you and shred your armor while your kit is still asleep. Don't walk into a fully-charged Q; the longer the white channel, the bigger the knockup and damage, so sidestep it or punish him during the long, rooted wind-up. Last-hit off Carnivore, accept a little Roar poke, and don't throw Rupture from max range where he just walks out of the delayed burst — hold it until you can chain it into Feral Scream.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Cho'Gath's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Cho'Gath vs Sion report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Sion, slightly — Cho'Gath wins 49.07% of 1,824 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (50.93% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Sion has the slight edge (Cho'Gath wins 49.07%), though it stays close.
Cho'Gath takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Sion.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Heartsteel (stacks with Feast forever) first, then Riftmaker / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.
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