Zac vs Sion — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Zac against Sion · 54.67% win rate over 225 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Sion owns 4 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Zac: survive their windows and the game is yours. Zac wins 54.67% of games vs Sion in top lane (225 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1SionLevel 1 Sion's Q wind-up and shield out-trade Zac.
Level 2SionAt 2 his charged knock-up punishes any Zac commit.
Level 3SionLevel 3 Sion still wins trades through shield sustain.
Levels 4-5Even / skillBy 4 it evens — Zac can dodge Q and trade with W.
Level 6Even / skillAt 5 both tanks stalemate with no solo kill.
First itemEven / skillFirst item stays even; neither out-damages the other.
Two+ itemsSionLate, Sion's R-Q CC chain and undying passive out-scale Zac.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-3 favour Sion: his charged Q knock-up and shield W let him win any trade where you commit E, so don't slingshot into a wind-up — farm and only punish after he whiffs the Q.

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The full Zac 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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