How to win lane as Nasus against Sion · 48.15% win rate (7,362 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his charged Q — out-stack and out-scale him.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Sidestep it.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sion | Decimating Smash's knockup and Roar of the Slayer's armour shred punish a level-1 Nasus with no stacks and no Wither. |
| Level 2 | Sion | Still no Wither for his charged Q, and Roar of the Slayer shreds your armour from 800 range to own the trade. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Wither slows him but cannot cancel a charge — it buys the step you need to leave the swing area. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Your stacks and lifesteal climb while his poke can't out-sustain you, but his charged Q keeps it a coinflip all-in. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Fury of the Sands survives his all-in, but Glory in Death means killing him only starts a second fight. |
| First item | Nasus | Sheen/Iceborn plus Wither and ult out-grinds his shields in a sustained duel — Soul Eater heals through his poke. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | He scales tanky with real teamfight knockup while your Q wins side lanes — it's a splitpush race, not a clean 1v1. |
Sion owns these levels and you just have to eat it — Roar of the Slayer shreds your ARMOUR, not a shield, and pokes you off the wave while your Soul Eater lifesteal is still tiny. Watch for him firing it through a minion: the minion gets knocked back and carries the shred and the slow through everyone behind it, which is how he reaches you when you hide in the wave. Do NOT walk into a charged Decimating Smash. Last-hit at max range with Q and Spirit Fire, and respect that he can shove and roam.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus 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 — Nasus wins 48.15% of 7,362 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (51.85% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Sion has the slight edge (Nasus wins 48.15%), though it stays close.
Nasus takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Unflinching) vs Sion.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Sheen (≈900g) — every Q after this hits twice as hard. Build Trinity Force (Iceborn Gauntlet if you need the slow + armor) first, then Frozen Heart (his attack speed dies here), with Plated Steelcaps.
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