How to win lane as Mel against Sion · 18.18% win rate over 11 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You both have weak Level 1s — one ability and an auto each — and his W shield blanks your single Q, so neither of you commits. |
| Level 2 | Mel | Q plus Solar Snare's root is your one guaranteed punish: catch him stepping up for a cannon before his armor and HP make trades pointless. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | He gets W shield and E shield-break online, you get W to negate it — the trade evens out and his charged Q threat keeps you honest. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sion | His charged Q knockup plus E combo out-damages your poke once he has armor, and you have no dash to escape the follow-up. |
| Level 6 | Sion | Golden Eclipse should execute, but his huge HP bar keeps you under the threshold and his zombie passive revives him through your detonation. |
| First item | Sion | First item he is a tank soaking your Q and empowered autos; your Overwhelm can't out-pace his health-plus-MR stacking. |
| Two+ items | Sion | He out-scales hard: a full-tank Sion with R engage shrugs off your poke and flanks your backline while you can only siege from range. |
Level 1 is a wash — you have one ability and your ranged auto, he just walks up and last-hits behind his W shield. Your one real window is Level 2: get Q and E first, and the moment he steps up for a cannon, land Solar Snare's root and unload Q bolts while he's stuck. After that it gets ugly. His W shield soaks your Q poke, his E shield-break out-ranges your comfortable trade, and his charged Q knockup is a death sentence — you have zero dashes, so if that lands he gets a full combo and you can't leave. Stay at max range, never facecheck for the cannon, and respect a fully-charged Q from fog.
The full Mel 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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