How to win lane as Gangplank against Sion · 46.41% win rate (4,284 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He tanks your barrels and farms freely, out-scaling your chip. Shove and roam rather than dueling him.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Dodge it.
Read from Gangplank's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sion | Sion's E out-ranges my Parrrley and shield-breaks me, so he pokes me off the wave and pops kegs before they arm — I concede early and last-hit safe. |
| Level 2 | Sion | His charged Q knockup and off-screen R let him lock me while my barrels are on long cooldown and I have no waveclear to answer his poke. |
| Level 3 | Sion | He keeps zoning with E range and short trades go his way until I get a second keg charge — his early control owns levels 1-3. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | I stabilize with Parrrley-into-keg poke and W to cleanse his Q/R, but his shield and E range keep mid-lane roughly even. |
| Level 6 | Gangplank | Cannon Barrage zones his slow, dash-less body off the wave and turns any gank into a kill he can't escape — level 6 is mine. |
| First item | Gangplank | Sheen online lets empowered Parrrley plus a chained keg finally burst through his W shield in one window — my clearest kill threat. |
| Two+ items | Sion | He stacks full tank into an unkillable frontline that eats my kegs with W and out-scales me, so his range plus tankiness edge the lane. |
Levels 1-3 are Sion's. His E (Roar of the Slayer) is a long-range shield-break that out-ranges my Parrrley, so he pokes me off the wave and can pop my Powder Kegs before they finish arming while my barrel cooldown is still long. My short trades lose here, so I last-hit at max Parrrley range and refuse to walk into E range. The real threat is his charged Q knockup paired with his R: Unstoppable Onslaught is a long charging stun he can call from off-screen, and if my W is down he can lock me for his jungler. Respect both wind-ups and back off when I see the Q charging or hear his R.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gangplank's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Gangplank 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 — Gangplank wins 46.41% of 4,284 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (53.59% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Sion has the slight edge (Gangplank wins 46.41%), though it stays close.
Gangplank takes Grasp of the Undying 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) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (Sheen + barrel slow) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.
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