How to win lane as Locke against Sion · 45.04% win rate (1,079 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-lasts, you out-floor — the lane is a farm-off where your execute eventually makes his HP bar a rounding error.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged knockup — break the channel or sidestep the slam.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Skill: level 1 is even — his Soul Furnace shield trades with your on-hits. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Skill: at 2 neither snowballs; it hinges on his Q charge timing. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Skill: level 3 stays even before his knockup spike lands. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sion | Sion-favoured: at 4 his charged Q + E poke let him zone you off farm. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Skill: at 6 the lane briefly evens as your R answers his engage threat. |
| First item | Sion | Sion-favoured: his zombie passive undoes your execute, so 6 tilts back to him. |
| Two+ items | Sion | Sion-favoured: with items his HP-stacking and R engage overwhelm your single-target burst. |
Early is a skill phase — respect his charged Q (Decimating Smash), which knocks you up for a full trade, and his E (Roar of the Slayer), which slows and shreds your armour. Only step up for Q (Ritual Nails) marks while his abilities are down; your on-hits work, but Soul Furnace (W) eats a lot of it.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Locke 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 — Locke wins 45.04% of 1,079 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (54.96% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Sion has the slight edge (Locke wins 45.04%), though it stays close.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Sion.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Sheen (≈900g) — the Spellblade pattern starts here. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's (vs dive), with Plated Steelcaps.
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