Akalivs Sion
Akali vs Sion is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Sion wins with a 55.9% win rate (+11.9%) over Akali based on 59 games. Sion wins the early laning phase while Akali scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Akali vs Sion matchup.
Akali Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Akali performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Akali vs Sion Matchup?
Akali vs Sion Matchup Summary
The Akali vs Sion matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 59 recent matches analyzed, Sion wins with a 55.9% win rate compared to Akali's 44.1%, giving Sion a 11.9 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Sion controls the early laning stage, but Akali outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Sion needs to press advantages before Akali reaches their power spikes, while Akali should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Sion leads by 1.2s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Sion has a strong advantage in this matchup. Akali players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Sion overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Akali vs Sion Laning Phase Breakdown
Sion is favored during the laning phase against Akali, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Sion holds advantages in farming, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Akali Build Against Sion
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Sion, providing the mobility and stats Akali needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Akali against Sion are Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Hextech Gunblade. This combination gives Akali an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 10 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Sion. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Akali vs Sion matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Akali34.5%
Sion65.5%Akali53.3%Sion46.7%Sion dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 65.5% win rate — a 31.0 percentage point lead over Akali. This lopsided early game means Sion can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Akali is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 53.3% win rate — 6.7 points above Sion. Extended games heavily favor Akali, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Sion must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Akali reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Akali survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Akali Runes Against Sion
Domination
Resolve
The Domination and Resolve rune setup gives Akali the best tools to compete against Sion in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Akali matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. The table below shows Akali's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.01% | 323 | 5.8 | 907 | 11,667 | 49.3% | 54.0% | |
| 50.79% | 317 | 5.7 | 880 | 11,719 | 53.9% | 48.7% | |
| 47.81% | 228 | 5.7 | 827 | 11,904 | 54.4% | 43.5% | |
| 52.70% | 222 | 5.9 | 945 | 11,549 | 55.5% | 50.0% | |
| 52.36% | 191 | 5.9 | 903 | 11,763 | 55.1% | 50.4% | |
| 44.26% | 183 | 5.8 | 828 | 11,463 | 40.3% | 46.9% | |
| 42.29% | 175 | 5.7 | 752 | 10,924 | 43.8% | 41.0% | |
| 41.67% | 156 | 5.8 | 910 | 11,495 | 50.7% | 33.7% | |
| 50.32% | 155 | 5.7 | 1,009 | 12,397 | 55.0% | 47.4% | |
| 44.74% | 152 | 5.6 | 767 | 11,522 | 46.7% | 43.5% | |
| 54.00% | 150 | 6.0 | 990 | 12,985 | 50.8% | 56.2% | |
| 49.64% | 137 | 5.7 | 826 | 10,729 | 50.0% | 49.3% | |
| 46.88% | 128 | 5.9 | 800 | 11,079 | 53.3% | 41.2% | |
| 46.40% | 125 | 5.7 | 765 | 10,835 | 46.1% | 46.7% | |
| 56.52% | 115 | 5.9 | 981 | 11,397 | 60.0% | 54.3% | |
| 51.35% | 111 | 5.5 | 848 | 11,631 | 56.8% | 47.8% | |
| 46.53% | 101 | 5.5 | 829 | 12,158 | 41.7% | 49.2% | |
| 40.40% | 99 | 6.0 | 930 | 11,219 | 35.7% | 46.5% | |
| 50.00% | 96 | 6.1 | 894 | 11,998 | 51.2% | 49.1% | |
| 44.94% | 89 | 6.3 | 868 | 11,761 | 50.0% | 40.8% | |
| 44.83% | 87 | 5.7 | 921 | 11,028 | 47.6% | 42.2% | |
| 44.19% | 86 | 6.2 | 832 | 11,149 | 52.4% | 36.4% | |
| 42.68% | 82 | 5.8 | 905 | 12,209 | 30.0% | 50.0% | |
| 53.09% | 81 | 5.8 | 815 | 11,953 | 56.4% | 50.0% | |
| 46.25% | 80 | 5.4 | 825 | 11,467 | 36.4% | 53.2% | |
| 50.63% | 79 | 6.0 | 810 | 11,922 | 53.6% | 49.0% | |
| 58.44% | 77 | 5.8 | 834 | 12,122 | 54.5% | 61.4% | |
| 52.00% | 75 | 5.9 | 879 | 11,857 | 62.1% | 45.6% | |
| 42.47% | 73 | 5.8 | 809 | 10,856 | 38.5% | 47.1% | |
| 46.38% | 69 | 5.8 | 845 | 11,564 | 46.7% | 46.1% | |
| 50.75% | 67 | 5.6 | 933 | 11,642 | 55.6% | 47.5% | |
| 49.25% | 67 | 6.0 | 846 | 11,273 | 50.0% | 48.7% | |
| 47.69% | 65 | 5.6 | 825 | 11,731 | 50.0% | 46.1% | |
| 40.00% | 65 | 6.4 | 848 | 11,370 | 43.3% | 37.1% | |
| 44.44% | 63 | 6.0 | 866 | 11,583 | 34.6% | 51.4% | |
| 51.61% | 62 | 5.2 | 779 | 10,793 | 51.7% | 51.5% | |
| 45.90% | 61 | 6.0 | 891 | 12,495 | 44.0% | 47.2% | |
| 52.46% | 61 | 5.9 | 853 | 11,632 | 44.4% | 58.8% | |
| 43.33% | 60 | 5.5 | 856 | 11,861 | 45.0% | 42.5% | |
| 44.07% | 59 | 6.2 | 1,020 | 10,970 | 34.5% | 53.3% | |
| 39.62% | 53 | 5.7 | 964 | 11,398 | 37.5% | 41.4% | |
| 45.83% | 48 | 6.0 | 922 | 11,176 | 50.0% | 42.3% | |
| 40.43% | 47 | 5.9 | 843 | 10,720 | 45.0% | 37.0% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 5.8 | 912 | 10,742 | 56.0% | 52.4% | |
| 39.13% | 46 | 5.9 | 821 | 12,063 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 48.89% | 45 | 6.1 | 905 | 11,311 | 56.5% | 40.9% | |
| 37.78% | 45 | 5.9 | 916 | 11,718 | 50.0% | 31.0% | |
| 54.55% | 44 | 6.0 | 901 | 12,535 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 51.16% | 43 | 5.5 | 819 | 11,555 | 45.0% | 56.5% | |
| 54.76% | 42 | 6.0 | 873 | 12,543 | 63.2% | 47.8% | |
| 50.00% | 42 | 6.2 | 965 | 12,793 | 58.8% | 44.0% | |
| 52.38% | 42 | 5.7 | 949 | 11,545 | 52.6% | 52.2% | |
| 48.78% | 41 | 6.0 | 1,067 | 11,858 | 37.5% | 56.0% | |
| 60.98% | 41 | 5.2 | 836 | 12,127 | 70.6% | 54.2% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 6.2 | 1,023 | 11,352 | 61.9% | 42.1% | |
| 40.00% | 40 | 5.5 | 915 | 12,131 | 55.6% | 27.3% | |
| 60.53% | 38 | 6.1 | 819 | 12,026 | 60.0% | 60.9% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 6.1 | 953 | 10,976 | 50.0% | 36.8% | |
| 40.54% | 37 | 6.2 | 1,022 | 9,926 | 44.4% | 36.8% | |
| 61.11% | 36 | 6.3 | 879 | 12,433 | 58.8% | 63.2% | |
| 51.43% | 35 | 5.6 | 874 | 11,561 | 50.0% | 52.4% | |
| 40.00% | 35 | 6.0 | 952 | 11,265 | 29.4% | 50.0% | |
| 52.94% | 34 | 6.2 | 889 | 12,827 | 75.0% | 40.9% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 6.5 | 884 | 12,370 | 50.0% | 52.4% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 6.2 | 762 | 10,913 | 35.3% | 53.3% | |
| 59.38% | 32 | 6.2 | 842 | 11,143 | 68.4% | 46.1% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 5.9 | 904 | 12,216 | 55.6% | 52.4% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 6.1 | 783 | 12,342 | 40.0% | 52.6% | |
| 41.38% | 29 | 5.7 | 770 | 10,563 | 38.5% | 43.8% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 6.1 | 905 | 12,381 | 50.0% | 42.1% | |
| 40.74% | 27 | 5.7 | 904 | 11,177 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 6.2 | 975 | 12,550 | 45.5% | 31.3% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 5.7 | 857 | 10,940 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 34.62% | 26 | 5.5 | 871 | 11,660 | 20.0% | 43.8% | |
| 44.00% | 25 | 6.1 | 860 | 12,337 | 50.0% | 41.2% | |
| 73.91% | 23 | 5.7 | 865 | 12,601 | 72.7% | 75.0% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 5.7 | 820 | 12,069 | 40.0% | 46.1% | |
| 77.27% | 22 | 6.6 | 768 | 12,443 | 100.0% | 72.2% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 6.6 | 870 | 10,284 | 63.6% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 21 | 5.5 | 882 | 12,012 | 50.0% | 23.1% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 5.4 | 863 | 10,440 | 36.4% | 77.8% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 6.2 | 885 | 12,028 | 77.8% | 40.0% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 5.8 | 965 | 13,369 | 66.7% | 21.4% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 6.1 | 1,045 | 11,820 | 50.0% | 44.4% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 5.7 | 936 | 12,656 | 60.0% | 58.3% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 6.5 | 913 | 13,536 | 12.5% | 55.6% | |
| 86.67% | 15 | 5.5 | 892 | 12,449 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 6.0 | 922 | 13,141 | 33.3% | 57.1% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 6.6 | 980 | 10,969 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 5.6 | 921 | 13,316 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.2 | 748 | 10,694 | 37.5% | 50.0% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.2 | 824 | 10,468 | 80.0% | 33.3% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.2 | 963 | 13,217 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.0 | 778 | 12,269 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.2 | 763 | 9,231 | 71.4% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 5.2 | 918 | 11,768 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 6.0 | 943 | 12,414 | 66.7% | 28.6% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 5.1 | 869 | 12,134 | 20.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.3 | 793 | 11,803 | 20.0% | 80.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.7 | 966 | 9,371 | 62.5% | 0.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 5.4 | 736 | 7,638 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 4.9 | 937 | 12,535 | 0.0% | 62.5% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.7 | 961 | 14,155 | 0.0% | 62.5% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.2 | 665 | 10,629 | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.9 | 739 | 11,460 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.0 | 786 | 11,051 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.3 | 960 | 12,167 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.0 | 893 | 13,409 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.5 | 1,143 | 15,508 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.3 | 961 | 11,910 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 7.7 | 976 | 11,297 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 808 | 9,801 | 75.0% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 3.5 | 867 | 10,162 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.4 | 872 | 8,165 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 5.7 | 833 | 12,115 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 985 | 13,165 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
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Akali vs Sion - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Akali do against Sion in League of Legends?
Sion wins the Akali vs Sion matchup with a 55.9% win rate compared to Akali's 44.1%, a 11.9 percentage point difference. This data is based on 59 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Akali do against Sion in the early game?
In the early game, Sion has the advantage against Akali with a 65.5% win rate versus 34.5%. Sion players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Akali do against Sion in the late game?
In the late game, Akali takes over the Akali vs Sion matchup with a 53.3% win rate compared to 46.7%. Akali scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Akali vs Sion matchup?
Sion wins the matchup against Akali with a 55.9% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 11.9 percentage point advantage means Sion is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 59 games analyzed.
What is the best Akali build against Sion?
The best Akali build against Sion includes Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Gunblade with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Akali runes against Sion?
The best Akali runes against Sion use the Domination primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 60.0% win rate in the Akali vs Sion matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Akali counter Sion?
No, Akali struggles against Sion with only a 44.1% win rate. Sion has the advantage in this matchup. Akali players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Sion's lead.
How do I play Akali against Sion?
When playing Akali against Sion, play cautiously and avoid Sion's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Sion in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.