Sionvs Garen
Sion vs Garen is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Garen wins with a 50.9% win rate (+1.8%) over Sion based on 57 games. Garen wins the early laning phase while Sion scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Sion build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Sion vs Garen matchup.
Sion Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Sion 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 Sion vs Garen?
Sion wins 52.6% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 42.7% and 62.4% (95% range).
- Expected
- 47.9% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +4.7 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 95 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- −2.3 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Sion, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Sion wins 52.6% of 95 games (95% range 42.7–62.4%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 47.9% for Sion; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Garen usually wins the lane: 389 gold ahead of Sion at 15 minutes on average (95 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Sion players pick Heartsteel far more often against Garen: 50.3% of their other Top games, 69.5% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Sion and Garen played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Sion's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Sion vs Garen Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Sion vs Garen Win Rate by Game Length
Sion's win rate against Garen by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Sion's results against Garen in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Sion vs Garen Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)GarenSion gold at 15: −389
- First itemSionSion: 12.4 min · Garen: 13.3 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesEvenSion wins 60.4% of 48 games
What Sion Changes Against Garen
Choices Sion players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
HeartsteelItemUsually50.3%vs Garen69.5%+19.1 pts51.5% WR here
Hollow RadianceItemUsually28.6%vs Garen11.6%−17.0 pts
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually51.9%vs Garen65.3%+13.3 pts48.4% WR here
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually21.5%vs Garen10.5%−11.0 pts
Best Sion Build vs Garen
Usual Sion build (Top)
68.5% win rate · 54 games
Against Garen
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 4 of 55 Sion games against Garen carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Sion's standard build instead.
- Sion usually completes Heartsteel first, at 12.4 min (median of 59 games).
- Garen usually completes Stridebreaker first, at 13.3 min (median of 83 games).
- Skill priority: Q > W > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Sion Runes vs Garen
Usual Sion runes (Top)
Grasp of the Undying
56.4% win rate · 156 games
Against Garen
Grasp of the Undying
62.5% win rate · 24 games
Plan your Sion draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Sion matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Sion'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 Sion build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Sion Matchups
Hardest for Sion
Easiest for Sion
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Sion vs Garen FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Sion vs Garen?
Current data slightly favors Sion, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Sion wins 52.6% of 95 games (95% range 42.7–62.4%).
What is Sion's win rate against Garen?
Sion wins 52.6% of 95 Top games against Garen on patch 26.19 (95% range 42.7–62.4%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 47.9% would be expected.
Does Sion counter Garen?
Not clearly. Sion wins 52.6% of 95 games against Garen, and the 95% range (42.7–62.4%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Sion or Garen?
Garen usually wins the lane: 389 gold ahead of Sion at 15 minutes on average (95 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Sion outscale Garen?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Garen strongest against Sion?
Garen is measurably ahead in: Lane (15 min).
What should Sion build against Garen?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Sion's usual Top core: Titanic Hydra, Heartsteel, Unending Despair. The biggest change against Garen: Heartsteel (50.3% usually, 69.5% here).
What runes should Sion use against Garen?
Grasp of the Undying with Resolve and Precision — 62.5% over 24 games against Garen.