How to win lane as Poppy against Sion · 48.04% win rate over 791 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak at level 1 — his uncharged Q is a soft poke and your single Q barely chunks; neither wants this trade. |
| Level 2 | Poppy | With Q+E online you can wall-stun him whenever his slow charged Q is on cooldown, and he can't dash away. |
| Level 3 | Poppy | Your full kit punishes any misstep near a wall — E-stun into Q max-HP chunk before his Q charge comes back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sion | His charged Q knockup and W shield scale faster than your flat damage, so he out-trades you straight up here. |
| Level 6 | Poppy | Your R cancels his charged Q mid-cast and peels his all-in — your one window to flip a fight he started. |
| First item | Sion | His Q max-charge stun plus tank components let his shield and AoE win extended trades your flat damage can't. |
| Two+ items | Sion | His percent-HP shield and zombie passive make him unkillable by your flat damage while he scales into a frontline. |
Sion's whole early game is the charged Q — a long wind-up knockup that, fully charged, stuns you for ages. Don't sit in front of him while he charges it; sidestep or walk into him to cancel it short. Your level 2-3 window is real: E him into a wall when his Q is down for a stun, then Q for the max-HP chunk. Just respect that his W shield eats your Q and his E (shield-break) pokes you for free when you walk up to last-hit.
The full Poppy 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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