How to win lane as Sion against Volibear · 52.44% win rate over 1,640 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a mutual auto-trade — respect his Q dash stun and charge your own Q the moment he commits; neither of you has a clean edge yet. |
| Level 2 | Sion | Your W-shield online at Level 2 means he heals off the W-bite but your shield ate the hit and detonates magic damage back — short trades tip your way. |
| Level 3 | Sion | Q-W-E all online: E armor-shred into a charged-Q knockup stuns him before he can re-engage with a second W-bite cycle, winning the extended brawl. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | His E Sky Splitter slows and gives him damage reduction inside — respect the zone and angle your Q charge from outside it so he can't pick the trade on his terms. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | His Stormbringer disables your turret and pops a huge HP shield — wait out the shield before brawling; your charged Q stun wastes its knockup against 1000 free HP. |
| First item | Sion | Heartsteel compounding + anti-heal makes your W-shield enormous and guts his W-bite regen — force the extended trade, because he can no longer heal faster than you bulk up. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Both of you are full frontline at this stage; your charged-Q stun breaks his Q-into-W-bite combo sequence before the double on-hit proc connects, and your HP passive zombie guarantees trade value even if he bursts you. |
At Level 1 both of you are auto-trading juggernauts — respect his Q dash, which stuns you briefly and resets his W-bite window. If he walks up to Q into you, start charging your own Q the moment you see the dash animation; the knockup either catches him mid-dash approach or forces him off after the stun wears off. Level 2 is your first real edge: pop your W-shield as he tries to W-bite, then detonate it into his face — he heals off the bite but your shield ate the damage and returned magic damage back. By Level 3 with Q-W-E all online you win any short trade confidently; your E armor-shred into a charged-Q stun prevents him from walking out of the brawl with his heal intact.
The full Sion vs Volibear 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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