How to win lane as Sion against Vayne · 50.51% win rate (2,752 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her %true shreds your HP — charged Q, all-in early.
Track: Vayne's E — Condemn (20–12s cooldown). Wall-stun. Don’t get pinned.
Read from Sion's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vayne.
This is Sion's own plan; across 2,752 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | At level 1 both sides lack meaningful kill threat — Vayne cannot proc Silver Bolts safely and you cannot land a charged Q without her Tumble dodging it; farm and watch spacing. |
| Level 2 | Sion | W-shield absorbs the Silver Bolts three-stack true damage burst and lets you trade back without taking the full proc — step forward under the shield before she completes three autos. |
| Level 3 | Sion | Charged Q knockup stops her Tumble kite cold and lets E armor-shred land cleanly — your first real kill window if she over-commits for a three-stack proc. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 she kites freely — Tumble is a 4s cooldown while Condemn sits at 18s, so bait the Tumble with a fake Q charge and commit the real one while Condemn is spent. |
| Level 6 | Sion | Unstoppable Onslaught closes the gap that Tumble exploits — R into her and immediately charge Q while she cannot safely reposition, your hardest all-in window before her items. |
| First item | Even / skill | Heartsteel HP is compounding but Blade of the Ruined King spike means she now shreds max-HP on every Bolts proc — all-in on Condemn cooldown or concede the 1v1. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Silver Bolts true damage scales with your max HP total — every Heartsteel stack you built now feeds her W, and she 1v1s you cleanly; become a frontline R-engage threat for your team instead. |
At level 1 your Q charge is dangerously readable — Vayne sidesteps it with Tumble before the knockup lands, so don't open with a raw charge into her. Instead farm at Q tip range and let her push into you; she has no kill threat at level 1 either. At level 2 your W-shield changes the math: step forward, pop the shield pre-emptively to absorb the Silver Bolts proc she's been fishing for, and throw a short-range E-slow to discourage her from stacking the third bolt. Vayne's early CS is aggressive because she needs spacing to proc Silver Bolts safely — deny that spacing by holding brush angles and forcing her to Tumble reactively rather than toward you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sion's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Sion vs Vayne 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.51% win rate over 2,752 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Sion vs Vayne is a genuine skill matchup: 50.51% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Sion vs Vayne win rate is 50.51%, an even lane decided by execution.
Sion takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Vayne.
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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