How to win lane as Ornn against Sion · 53.07% win rate (2,561 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his Q — W-brittle, E-knock him up.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Dodge it.
Read from Ornn's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You are one of the weakest level-1 toplaners — no W shield, no combo, mana-starved — so a charged Q out-trades you; just farm. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Only Q for you, and a fully-charged Decimating Smash knocks up — but it is 10s at rank 1, so neither of you commits. |
| Level 3 | Ornn | W comes online: unstoppable percent-HP poke walks through his charged Q and applies Brittle, beating his E shield-break. |
| Levels 4-5 | Ornn | Second combo point lets you punish with E into Q-pillar knock-ups, and an immobile Sion cannot dodge the wall stun. |
| Level 6 | Ornn | R's double knock-up locks down a dashless Sion for a full all-in and is your strongest gank setup of the lane. |
| First item | Ornn | Your tank-item spike (Heartsteel/Sunfire + boots) makes you a W-poke lane bully who tanks his charged Q for free. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two tanks can't solo-kill each other, so it evens out — but your Masterwork upgrades at 13 still tilt the macro your way. |
Levels 1-2 are his, not yours — you have no shield, no combo and you are mana-hungry, so respect a fully-charged Q knockup and just last-hit through it. The moment you hit 3 with Q and W the lane turns: W is unstoppable, so his charged Q cannot interrupt your exhale, and the percent-HP burn plus Brittle out-trades his E shield-break poke. Don't waste E chasing — hold it to combo off your Q pillar.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ornn's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Ornn 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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Ornn, slightly — a 53.07% win rate edge over 2,561 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Ornn has a small statistical edge (53.07% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Ornn has a slight edge (53.07% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Ornn takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Sion.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (forge-upgradeable) first, then Sunfire Aegis, with Plated Steelcaps.
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