How to win lane as Sion against Neeko · 49.16% win rate (1,489 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bait her Tangle-Barbs root, then charge Q — land CC first and you win every trade in this 50-50 lane.
Track: Neeko's E — Tangle-Barbs (12–10s cooldown). Her root — extends through targets. Bait or dodge it before every Q charge.
Read from Sion's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Neeko.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sion | Blooming Burst reaches 800 and Tangle-Barbs 1000, so she out-ranges you — but Glory in Death means her kill attempt is never free, and a partial Q charge punishes any overstep. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Tangle-Barbs (E) comes online and immediately threatens to root you into burst; your W-shield also unlocks — pop it the instant her root hits to absorb the Q follow-up pops. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Full kits on both sides; angle Q charges along the wave so she cannot sidestep, she wants to root you and burst — neither wins cleanly unless the other misses their CC. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Farm window with no decisive power spike for either side; respect Tangle-Barbs completely and punish only when it is down or wasted. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Pop Blossom's wind-up is hidden while Inherent Glamour has her disguised — landed on a rooted Sion it is a near-certain kill, and Unstoppable Onslaught is your only clean exit. |
| First item | Neeko | Luden's or Shadowflame gives her burst that outpaces Heartsteel timing — her one combo chunks you even through W-shield until you reach 2 items. |
| Two+ items | Sion | Full Heartsteel and Warmog's stacking walls her entire burst; one landed full-charge Q into E-shred and W-detonate kills her, and your zombie passive means she cannot trade your death for free. |
Blooming Burst reaches 800 and Tangle-Barbs 1000, so she roots you from outside your own E range — a poke lane, not a walk-up one. Take Doran's Shield and absorb Q ticks while looking for a partial Q charge when she steps forward. Hold charges behind minion bodies on the side she approaches from; do not chase her into open ground where she roots you mid-channel. At level 1 your zombie passive means she cannot freely burst you off the lane — even your death costs her.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sion's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Sion vs Neeko 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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Neeko, slightly — Sion wins 49.16% of 1,489 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Neeko has a small statistical edge (50.84% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Neeko has the slight edge (Sion wins 49.16%), though it stays close.
Sion takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Neeko.
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 Mercury's Treads.
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