How to win lane as Sion against Lucian · 53.35% win rate (5,273 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He kites you out — survive, then charge Q on the Relentless Pursuit cooldown and out-HP the lane.
Track: Lucian's E — Relentless Pursuit (16–14s cooldown). His dash + reset. Engage when it's down.
Read from Sion's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Lucian.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Relentless Pursuit is 16s at rank 1, so he gets one dash per trade — W-shield his double-shot, farm with the Q tip, and charge once that dash is spent, not before. |
| Level 2 | Lucian | Lightslinger attacks only shave time off Relentless Pursuit, but he still owns short trades with Piercing Light — W-shield delays him and you cannot match his output at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Lucian | His double-shot pattern plus Q poke out-trades your W-shield value at level 3 before you have enough HP stacking to absorb it — respect the range and charge Q only in fog. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sion | Your full kit is online and his E is now on a real cooldown — angle around terrain and bait the dash before committing your Q wind-up; the stun window opens here. |
| Level 6 | Sion | Unstoppable Onslaught closes the gap Lucian relies on — R in while his 16s dash is down, land the charged-Q knockup, and E armor-shred makes the brawl entirely one-sided. |
| First item | Sion | Heartsteel and your HP passive mean his double-shot burst no longer kills your W-shield in one pattern — you can force extended trades and your zombie passive guarantees value even in bad exchanges. |
| Two+ items | Sion | Two tank items and a full HP stack mean your W-shield absorbs his entire burst pattern and your zombie form deals real damage on death — Lucian has no percent-HP mechanic to punish your bulk, so you win every committed fight. |
Relentless Pursuit is a 16-second cooldown at rank 1 — its MANA cost falls to nothing with rank, but the dash never becomes spammable, and Lightslinger attacks only shave time off it. Charge Q once it is spent and he has to walk. Until then do not stand still in the open: he reads the telegraph, dashes back, and punishes with a double-shot and Piercing Light. Ardent Blaze is the other half of his kiting — a mark on you gives him move speed for attacking you. Pop W when he steps up, tank the poke, and last-hit at max range.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sion's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Sion vs Lucian 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 53.35% win rate edge over 5,273 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (53.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Sion has a slight edge (53.35% 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 Lucian.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Heartsteel (W + passive love HP) first, then Warmog's Armor / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.
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