Katarinavs Sion
Katarina vs Sion is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Katarina wins with a 54.2% win rate (+8.3%) over Sion based on 24 games. Sion wins the early laning phase while Katarina scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Katarina build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Katarina vs Sion matchup.
Katarina Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Katarina 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 Katarina vs Sion Matchup?
Katarina vs Sion Matchup Summary
The Katarina vs Sion matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 24 recent matches analyzed, Katarina wins with a 54.2% win rate compared to Sion's 45.8%, giving Katarina a 8.3 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Sion controls the early laning stage, but Katarina outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Sion needs to press advantages before Katarina reaches their power spikes, while Katarina 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. Katarina players can confidently pick into Sion and play aggressively from level 1. Look to establish lane dominance early through favorable trades and zone Sion away from CS whenever possible. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Katarina vs Sion Laning Phase Breakdown
Sion is favored during the laning phase against Katarina, 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 Katarina Build Against Sion
Chainlaced Crushers is the optimal boots choice against Sion, providing the mobility and stats Katarina needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Katarina against Sion are Kraken Slayer, Terminus and Blade of The Ruined King. This combination gives Katarina an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Katarina vs Sion matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Katarina36.4%
Sion63.6%Katarina69.2%Sion30.8%Sion dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 63.6% win rate — a 27.3 percentage point lead over Katarina. This lopsided early game means Sion can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Katarina is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 69.2% win rate — 38.5 points above Sion. Extended games heavily favor Katarina, 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 Katarina reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Katarina 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 Katarina Runes Against Sion
Domination
Precision
Running Domination primary with Precision secondary allows Katarina to press their advantage against Sion, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Katarina matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. The table below shows Katarina'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 Katarina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.70% | 215 | 5.9 | 889 | 12,115 | 52.7% | 49.2% | |
| 48.96% | 192 | 6.0 | 854 | 12,472 | 57.8% | 41.2% | |
| 47.20% | 161 | 6.0 | 962 | 12,567 | 50.8% | 44.8% | |
| 48.73% | 158 | 6.0 | 863 | 11,912 | 50.6% | 46.8% | |
| 46.00% | 150 | 5.7 | 936 | 12,633 | 49.2% | 43.8% | |
| 55.03% | 149 | 6.0 | 948 | 12,656 | 62.9% | 49.4% | |
| 38.97% | 136 | 5.7 | 886 | 11,218 | 32.9% | 47.4% | |
| 44.62% | 130 | 5.8 | 823 | 12,102 | 50.8% | 38.8% | |
| 44.09% | 127 | 5.9 | 876 | 12,073 | 43.1% | 44.9% | |
| 50.79% | 126 | 5.9 | 1,000 | 11,858 | 50.6% | 51.0% | |
| 55.37% | 121 | 5.6 | 909 | 12,448 | 56.4% | 54.5% | |
| 49.09% | 110 | 5.8 | 962 | 12,188 | 50.0% | 48.2% | |
| 51.40% | 107 | 6.0 | 895 | 12,621 | 50.0% | 52.5% | |
| 50.98% | 102 | 5.7 | 964 | 11,399 | 50.0% | 52.0% | |
| 48.48% | 99 | 5.9 | 887 | 12,399 | 46.5% | 50.0% | |
| 53.85% | 91 | 5.8 | 848 | 12,376 | 65.8% | 45.3% | |
| 56.18% | 89 | 5.8 | 1,020 | 12,048 | 57.8% | 54.5% | |
| 49.41% | 85 | 5.6 | 839 | 10,661 | 45.1% | 55.9% | |
| 55.29% | 85 | 6.4 | 975 | 12,716 | 58.5% | 52.3% | |
| 48.78% | 82 | 5.8 | 972 | 12,233 | 44.4% | 52.2% | |
| 59.72% | 72 | 5.6 | 971 | 13,022 | 54.8% | 63.4% | |
| 61.97% | 71 | 5.7 | 954 | 12,003 | 58.8% | 64.9% | |
| 44.93% | 69 | 5.6 | 830 | 11,012 | 45.7% | 44.1% | |
| 39.13% | 69 | 5.7 | 844 | 11,369 | 43.8% | 35.1% | |
| 38.24% | 68 | 6.0 | 954 | 12,225 | 37.5% | 38.9% | |
| 59.68% | 62 | 5.8 | 1,009 | 13,594 | 61.5% | 58.3% | |
| 43.55% | 62 | 6.0 | 848 | 11,102 | 38.2% | 50.0% | |
| 52.63% | 57 | 5.7 | 884 | 12,206 | 59.4% | 44.0% | |
| 62.50% | 56 | 6.2 | 933 | 12,707 | 75.0% | 53.1% | |
| 48.21% | 56 | 6.2 | 968 | 12,199 | 43.8% | 54.2% | |
| 50.91% | 55 | 6.2 | 997 | 11,941 | 48.4% | 54.2% | |
| 42.31% | 52 | 6.0 | 964 | 12,035 | 56.5% | 31.0% | |
| 58.00% | 50 | 5.9 | 1,044 | 13,932 | 70.6% | 51.5% | |
| 44.00% | 50 | 5.8 | 956 | 11,528 | 34.4% | 61.1% | |
| 38.30% | 47 | 5.5 | 899 | 12,553 | 40.0% | 37.0% | |
| 57.78% | 45 | 5.8 | 898 | 12,104 | 50.0% | 64.0% | |
| 51.16% | 43 | 6.0 | 981 | 12,597 | 47.6% | 54.5% | |
| 46.51% | 43 | 6.1 | 1,079 | 12,712 | 56.3% | 40.7% | |
| 51.22% | 41 | 5.9 | 925 | 12,494 | 58.8% | 45.8% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 5.7 | 965 | 12,716 | 35.0% | 52.9% | |
| 31.25% | 32 | 6.1 | 910 | 11,813 | 26.3% | 38.5% | |
| 50.00% | 32 | 5.9 | 845 | 11,799 | 33.3% | 64.7% | |
| 54.84% | 31 | 5.8 | 956 | 12,622 | 46.1% | 61.1% | |
| 35.48% | 31 | 5.7 | 941 | 11,929 | 33.3% | 37.5% | |
| 60.71% | 28 | 5.9 | 1,048 | 13,760 | 85.7% | 35.7% | |
| 59.26% | 27 | 6.2 | 970 | 14,607 | 66.7% | 55.6% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 5.5 | 740 | 11,264 | 30.0% | 70.6% | |
| 34.62% | 26 | 5.6 | 744 | 10,872 | 33.3% | 35.7% | |
| 54.17% | 24 | 6.3 | 1,046 | 12,561 | 36.4% | 69.2% | |
| 54.17% | 24 | 5.5 | 826 | 10,361 | 46.7% | 66.7% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 5.6 | 970 | 13,725 | 27.3% | 53.9% | |
| 52.38% | 21 | 5.9 | 934 | 12,020 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 52.38% | 21 | 6.3 | 947 | 13,833 | 75.0% | 38.5% | |
| 61.90% | 21 | 5.5 | 978 | 14,202 | 77.8% | 50.0% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.0 | 840 | 12,593 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 5.8 | 914 | 13,004 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 5.8 | 834 | 12,355 | 37.5% | 58.3% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 5.8 | 937 | 13,224 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 26.32% | 19 | 5.9 | 886 | 10,531 | 27.3% | 25.0% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 5.5 | 818 | 12,254 | 22.2% | 66.7% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 5.6 | 882 | 12,838 | 28.6% | 40.0% | |
| 31.25% | 16 | 5.5 | 833 | 10,591 | 25.0% | 37.5% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 6.0 | 1,033 | 12,799 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 6.5 | 1,171 | 15,732 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 5.6 | 1,148 | 14,140 | 25.0% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 5.9 | 1,031 | 13,271 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 5.0 | 756 | 11,371 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 6.3 | 939 | 12,294 | 71.4% | 40.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.1 | 771 | 11,408 | 66.7% | 37.5% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.3 | 1,229 | 11,907 | 25.0% | 71.4% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 5.9 | 861 | 11,175 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 6.2 | 801 | 13,301 | 66.7% | 62.5% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 5.5 | 1,103 | 14,079 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 5.4 | 737 | 11,169 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 5.6 | 969 | 10,759 | 40.0% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 944 | 14,876 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 5.7 | 957 | 12,122 | 60.0% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 5.8 | 987 | 11,183 | 60.0% | 60.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 5.5 | 932 | 13,248 | 37.5% | 50.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 5.2 | 986 | 15,518 | 50.0% | 85.7% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.2 | 1,025 | 14,456 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.9 | 1,093 | 12,094 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 5.7 | 586 | 9,011 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 6.2 | 1,159 | 15,199 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.3 | 552 | 7,264 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.5 | 1,050 | 14,547 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 87.50% | 8 | 5.3 | 870 | 10,243 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 6.4 | 1,064 | 13,831 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 5.6 | 1,296 | 11,826 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 87.50% | 8 | 5.9 | 990 | 11,819 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 5.3 | 819 | 9,081 | 83.3% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.9 | 1,124 | 14,169 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.3 | 793 | 10,190 | 40.0% | 100.0% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 5.2 | 832 | 16,245 | 0.0% | 14.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.3 | 785 | 11,282 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.1 | 1,353 | 12,978 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.3 | 920 | 12,603 | 20.0% | 100.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.9 | 1,147 | 12,786 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 5.7 | 698 | 8,898 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 6.0 | 1,634 | 12,698 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.7 | 1,344 | 14,948 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 892 | 13,372 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.9 | 935 | 11,327 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.0 | 1,126 | 9,516 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
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Katarina vs Sion - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Katarina do against Sion in League of Legends?
Katarina wins the Katarina vs Sion matchup with a 54.2% win rate compared to Sion's 45.8%, a 8.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 24 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Katarina do against Sion in the early game?
In the early game, Sion has the advantage against Katarina with a 63.6% win rate versus 36.4%. Sion players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Katarina do against Sion in the late game?
In the late game, Katarina takes over the Katarina vs Sion matchup with a 69.2% win rate compared to 30.8%. Katarina scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Katarina vs Sion matchup?
Katarina wins the matchup against Sion with a 54.2% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 8.3 percentage point advantage means Katarina is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 24 games analyzed.
What is the best Katarina build against Sion?
The best Katarina build against Sion includes Kraken Slayer, Terminus, Blade of The Ruined King with Chainlaced Crushers. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Katarina runes against Sion?
The best Katarina runes against Sion use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 85.7% win rate in the Katarina vs Sion matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Katarina counter Sion?
Yes, Katarina has a favorable matchup against Sion with a 54.2% win rate. Katarina strongly counters Sion in lane based on current patch 26.11 data.
How do I play Katarina against Sion?
When playing Katarina against Sion, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. Play safe early and scale into your power spikes where you outperform Sion. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.