Fiora vs Sion — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Fiora against Sion · 49.81% win rate (2,132 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Statistically even (49.81% win rate) — but the tempo isn't: Fiora's game plan below claims 4 of the 7 stage windows. Whoever converts their windows wins.

At a glance

Vitals shred his HP — Riposte his Q and out-duel his immobility.

Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Riposte or dodge it.

Do

  • Proc vitals for true damage
  • Riposte his charged Q
  • Out-duel his immobility

Don't

  • Eat a full Q stun
  • Fight into his W shield
  • Let him free-farm

Runes & build vs Sion

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Ravenous Hydra (sustain + tempo)
Then
Trinity Force
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Conqueror (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Fiora's game plan

Read from Fiora's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1FioraRoar of the Slayer slows and shreds armour, but an uncharged Decimating Smash is harmless — your Q-Vital wins free.
Level 2FioraYou E-Bladework into a guaranteed-crit Vital for max-HP true damage while he can only farm and shield.
Level 3FioraYou chain Lunges off every Vital proc and he has no dash or burst to punish you — just keep poking his HP.
Levels 4-5Even / skillIt's a pure skill check here: a charged Q from fog can catch you, but Riposte the knockup and you flip it into a stun and stay ahead.
Level 6FioraGrand Challenge marks all four Vitals and the heal zone; the true damage tears his stacked HP and you own the all-in once his charged Q is parried.
First itemSionOnce he completes tank items his W shield and zombie passive out-survive your burst, so a smart Sion freezes and scales past your window.
Two+ itemsSionFull-tank Sion soaks your DPS and his long-range R engages fights or roams lanes, out-impacting your side-lane DPS.

How to beat Sion as Fiora: the early game

Sion can't fight you here. His only early tool is the slow E shield-break shard, which is easy to sidestep, and his Q has to be charged to knock you up, so an uncharged Q is harmless. Walk in, proc your Q-Vital for max-HP true damage, chunk him, and step back before he taps anything. Hold Riposte for the FULL-charge Q (the long wind-up knockup), and never walk into a Q he's been visibly holding from fog. He'll just try to last-hit and survive, so deny CS and bleed him with Vital pokes.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Fiora in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Fiora's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Fiora 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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Common questions

Who wins Fiora vs Sion in top lane?

Nobody on paper — a 49.81% win rate over 2,132 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.

Is Fiora vs Sion a skill matchup?

Yes — Fiora vs Sion is a genuine skill matchup: 49.81% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.

Does Fiora counter Sion?

No hard counter either way — the Fiora vs Sion win rate is 49.81%, an even lane decided by execution.

What runes does Fiora take vs Sion?

Fiora takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Sion.

What should Fiora build vs Sion?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Ravenous Hydra (sustain + tempo) first, then Trinity Force, with Plated Steelcaps.

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