Yorick vs Sion — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Sion · 48.86% win rate over 2,063 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Yorick owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Sion's 2, but the win rate still favours Sion: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Yorick wins 48.86% of games vs Sion in top lane (2,063 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YorickYou win level 1 because E Mourning Mist and ghoul CS pressure beat Sion's short early range.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even as his Q Decimating Smash charge starts threatening your commits.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is even with E Roar of the Slayer poke and W shield stabilizing him.
Levels 4-5SionSion favors levels 4-5 because a charged Q knock-up into your pile wins the big trade.
Level 6YorickYou win level 6 by out-shoving with R and Maiden to take plates while he farms.
First itemYorickYou win first item as a Maiden pile out-DPSes his shield once Q is on cooldown.
Two+ itemsSionSion favors 2+ items because his tank engage and R flank outvalue your sidelane.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You start ahead: E Mourning Mist out-ranges his early poke and your ghouls contest CS before Sion's Q Decimating Smash is a threat, so level 1-2 trades favor you.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yorick vs Sion 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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