How to win lane as Darius against Sion · 50.66% win rate (4,420 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his charged Q — pull his immobile body and bleed.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Sidestep it.
Read from Darius's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | Sion's level-1 Q is slow and dodgeable, so your Hemorrhage poke wins the opener. |
| Level 2 | Darius | At two he still lacks any reset or burst to break your bleed trades. |
| Level 3 | Darius | Level 3 E Apprehend punishes every whiffed Q channel and lands your full combo. |
| Levels 4-5 | Darius | Through 4-5 stacked Hemorrhage and W slow keep him losing every exchange. |
| Level 6 | Darius | At 6 R executes him through his passive rez window before his tankiness matters. |
| First item | Darius | First item Stridebreaker locks him down so his slow abilities can't disengage. |
| Two+ items | Sion | By two-plus items Sion's armor, HP, and passive rez outscale your single-target bleed, flipping the matchup. |
Sion pokes with Decimating Smash and Soul Furnace, which detonates three seconds after he casts it; last-hit safely and trade before that window.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Darius's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Darius 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.66% win rate over 4,420 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Darius vs Sion is a genuine skill matchup: 50.66% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Darius vs Sion win rate is 50.66%, an even lane decided by execution.
Darius takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Sion.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — protects your execute math. Build Stridebreaker (the stickiness fix — run-downs become lethal) first, then Sterak's Gage / Dead Man's Plate, with Plated Steelcaps.
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