Sion vs Urgot — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Sion against Urgot · 53.52% win rate (1,534 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Sion is slightly favoured — 53.52% win rate over 1,534 games, and Sion's game plan below claims 4 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

His W shreds your HP — charged Q, dodge his flip.

Track: Urgot's E — Disdain (16–14s cooldown). His engage. Q-stun after it.

Do

  • Charged Q to peel his flip
  • W-shield his W shred
  • Out-scale with HP

Don't

  • Stand in his W shred
  • Get flipped
  • Stack pure HP vs his W

Runes & build vs Urgot

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Heartsteel (W + passive love HP)
Then
Warmog's Armor / Thornmail
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Precision: Triumph, Legend: Haste · Shards: Health Scaling, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Sion's game plan

Read from Sion's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Urgot.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillUrgot has no engage at level 1 — Q tip range to farm and don't let him bait a charged-Q channel with a Disdain flip he hasn't thrown yet.
Level 2Even / skillW-shield is online and absorbs his first shotgun-leg burst; detonate it for chip damage and back off before a full leg cycle completes.
Level 3SionFull Q-E-W combo available: take his Disdain flip, immediately charge Q from point-blank to stun him, and E-shred during the lockdown before his legs cycle.
Levels 4-5Even / skillNeither of you has a new major tool — Disdain is a 15s cooldown here, so count it down and trade only while your 13s W-shield is up for the Purge burst.
Level 6SionUnstoppable Onslaught answers his flip and gives you a long-range engage he cannot match; he has to play back or take a charged-Q stun mid leg-cycle.
First itemSionHeartsteel HP compounding starts outpacing his per-leg percent-HP damage in short trades, and your zombie passive forces him to respect every all-in even when you're low.
Two+ itemsSionYour W-shield value scales with max HP so his percent-HP legs hit a diminishing return — short trades into charged-Q stun remain favoured as long as you stay above his R execute threshold.

How to beat Urgot as Sion: the early game

At level 1 Urgot has no safe engage — he needs Disdain (E) to set up his shotgun legs. Farm with Q tip range and let him show whether he is playing to poke or to flip. At level 2, once your W-shield is online, you can trade short: step into his leg range briefly, pop W to absorb the first burst of percent-HP damage, detonate for chip, and back off before a full leg cycle completes. At level 3 the full Q-E-W combo is available: wait for him to commit with Disdain, take the flip, then instantly charge Q from point-blank — the stun interrupts his follow-up leg cycle before the percent-HP shred stacks up, and your E armor-shred makes every auto during the stun window count.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Sion in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sion's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

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The full Sion vs Urgot 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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Common questions

Who wins Sion vs Urgot in top lane?

Sion, slightly — a 53.52% win rate edge over 1,534 games; execution can flip it.

Is Sion vs Urgot a skill matchup?

Mostly — Sion has a small statistical edge (53.52% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Sion counter Urgot?

Not a hard counter — Sion has a slight edge (53.52% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Sion take vs Urgot?

Sion takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Urgot.

What should Sion build vs Urgot?

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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