How to win lane as Sion against K'Sante · 54.48% win rate (2,801 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Charged Q his combo — out-scale his weak early.
Track: K'Sante's R — All Out (120–80s cooldown). His duelist mode. Trade when down.
Read from Sion's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against K'Sante.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sion | K'Sante's passive marks you with an ability and cashes in on his NEXT attack — pop W-shield when Ntofo Strikes lands and step back so the follow-up hits a shield. |
| Level 2 | Sion | Your W-shield absorbs his Q-poke damage and his passive proc, then detonates magic damage he has no easy resist for at this rank — you win the short trade. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Both kits are fully online but neither has a decisive spike: he can W-dash your charged Q and you can W-shield his poke, making the exchange genuinely even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Path Maker is 14s at rank 1 and 10s at rank 5, and he can now reliably read a telegraphed charge — do not overcommit a full-charge Q while that dash is available. |
| Level 6 | K'Sante | All Out strips his own resistances and turns him into a duelist that heals — buy Grievous Wounds before you contest it, because Path Maker stops stunning but hits far harder. |
| First item | Even / skill | Heartsteel gives you enough HP that All Out's 120s cooldown at rank 1 leaves long windows where he is only a tank again — trade hard in those gaps. |
| Two+ items | Sion | Your compounded HP pool and zombie passive make late teamfights Sion-favoured, but trade briefly and reset: Path Maker's true damage ignores every point of armour you bought and punishes long brawls. |
Level 1 and 2, K'Sante is deceptively weak — Ntofo Strikes is a 450-range line and his passive only pays off on the next attack after an ability, so step out of that follow-up and he gets nothing. Pop your W-shield the moment he steps in for an auto-trade and let the detonation chunk him. Level 3, his kit is online but your charged Q off a bush angle or post-E-shove hits him too slowly to dodge — land it and the stun pays for the whole sequence. Path Maker is 14s at rank 1, so every time he spends the dash you get a long clean window to charge.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sion's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Sion vs K'Sante 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 — a 54.48% win rate edge over 2,801 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (54.48% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Sion has a slight edge (54.48% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Sion takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs K'Sante.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Heartsteel (W + passive love HP) first, then Warmog's Armor / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.
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