How to win lane as Zaahen against Sion · 56.99% win rate over 1,960 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a skill check with just last-hitting and no kill threat. |
| Level 2 | Zaahen | Level 2 favours you — you punish immobile Sion whenever Decimating Smash (Q) is down. |
| Level 3 | Zaahen | Level 3 stays yours as your Q-E trades beat his passive farm. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even-marked as Sion farms safely with no duel threat. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a wash in-lane since his R is engage, not a duel button. |
| First item | Zaahen | At first item you out-trade his tanky farm with Q and Cultivation of War (P) healing. |
| Two+ items | Zaahen | With 2+ items you still win the sidelane 1v1 against a non-duelist engage tank. |
Level 2 is already yours — Sion is immobile and reliant on charging Decimating Smash (Q), so you walk up with Darkin Glaive (Q) and Golden Onslaught (E), punish him off the wave, and only respect the charged knock-up.
The full Zaahen 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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