How to win lane as Sion against Gragas · 52.58% win rate over 1,417 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Neither champion has reliable kill pressure at Level 1 — farm safely and avoid his Barrel Roll (Q) puddle at the outer range of your Q charge. |
| Level 2 | Gragas | His Body Slam (E) into Barrel Roll (Q) chain is live and his AP burst wins short trades before your W-shield value stabilises. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | You can now W-shield his Body Slam combo reliably and answer with a charged Q stun while his E cooldown is 13 seconds — trades become tradeable. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gragas | His E-Q cycle is fast enough to fish repeatedly and your charged Q is predictable; respect his combo and trade only after absorbing his engage with W. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | His Explosive Cask (R) displacement adds a third dimension — he can peel your all-in or pocket you into his team; only engage when his R is confirmed down. |
| First item | Even / skill | Both spike items are coming online simultaneously — your W-shield absorbs more each trade and his burst starts falling short of your growing HP pool, making the lane genuinely even again. |
| Two+ items | Sion | Your HP passive, W-shield scaling, and zombie passive combine into a sustained-fight profile Gragas cannot overcome — he has no percent-HP or true damage to punish your stack. |
At Level 1 the lane is a coin flip — neither of you has meaningful kill pressure yet, but Gragas's Q puddle out-ranges your melee threat, so hug the lane boundary and farm without eating free Barrel Rolls. The danger window opens at Level 2 when he can chain Body Slam into Q: his E closes gap and sets up the puddle slow, turning a short trade into a one-sided burst. Pop your W-shield the moment he commits the Body Slam — it absorbs a significant chunk of his Q detonation and lets you answer with a charged Q stun while his E is on a 13-second cooldown. Never fight inside his Q puddle voluntarily; the slow ensures he wins every extended trade at this stage.
The full Sion vs Gragas 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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