How to win lane as Poppy against Sion · 47.62% win rate (1,323 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Dodge his Q — E-wall-stun, out-trade his early.
Track: Sion's Q — Decimating Smash (10–6s cooldown). Charged = knockup. Dodge it.
Read from Poppy's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sion.
| 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 Decimating Smash — a long wind-up that only knocks up and stuns near full charge. Don't stand in the arc while he charges; step out or walk through him. Your level 2-3 window is real: E him into a wall on that 10s cooldown for a stun, then Q for the max-HP chunk. Respect that Soul Furnace (W) shields off your Q, and Roar of the Slayer (E) shreds your armour from 800 range as you walk up.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Poppy's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Sion, slightly — Poppy wins 47.62% of 1,323 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (52.38% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Sion has the slight edge (Poppy wins 47.62%), though it stays close.
Poppy 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 (the slow engine) first, then Thornmail / Frozen Heart, with Plated Steelcaps.
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