How to win lane as Neeko against Sion · 50.84% win rate (1,489 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Free poke lane — root-Q every CS attempt and save your R for the river, not the raid boss.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged knockup — break the channel or sidestep the slam.
Read from Neeko's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sion | Sion out-stat-checks your no-combo level 1 — Decimating Smash knocks up once charged and Roar of the Slayer shreds your armour. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | A second Q point gives poke, but with no E you cannot all-in, and Soul Furnace shields whatever you land — neither owns it. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Q + E lets you root an immobile Sion and stack Blooming Burst re-blooms, but he answers with charged Q and shield poke — a genuine coin-flip trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You farm with Q waveclear and poke but won't commit without ult, and he just shields and charges Q — the lane sits even. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Pop Blossom turns a landed E into a burst-stun on an immobile target, and the disguise hides the whole preparation — your clearest kill window. |
| First item | Neeko | Your Liandry's/Blackfire burst still outpaces a one-item Sion's tankiness — force the all-in here before he stacks resists. |
| Two+ items | Sion | He scales past your single rotation: full-tank Sion soaks your R, shreds armour with Roar of the Slayer, and Glory in Death heals him while he keeps swinging after death. |
Decimating Smash and Roar of the Slayer are the whole early game — the charged Q knocks up, the E slows and shreds your armour, and at level 1 you have no combo and single-target Q value, so do not trade into it. Farm with the edge of Blooming Burst and accept he wins the raw stat-check. At 3 you get a real window: a landed Tangle-Barbs roots an immobile Sion and you stack Q re-blooms before he charges anything back. Careful throwing E through minions — his E knocks one back through you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Neeko's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Neeko 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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Neeko, slightly — a 50.84% win rate edge over 1,489 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Neeko has a small statistical edge (50.84% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Neeko has a slight edge (50.84% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Neeko takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Overgrowth) vs Sion.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Fated Ashes + refill pot (≈1000g). Build Stormsurge first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Plated Steelcaps.
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