MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Sion vs Anivia
How often does Sion beat Anivia in Top?
Sion into Anivia in Top: 47% observed win rate across 266 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Sion ahead by 7 gold.
Sion at 15:00
- Gold: +7
- CS: +4
- XP: -244
Typical gap to Anivia, from 265 games that reached 15:00.
Does Sion counter Anivia?
No counter here: Sion sits at 47% over 266 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.
Beating Anivia: the Sion game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Sion at 53% across 119 games. Flip the lead and Sion falls to 42% across 147.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 53% | 119 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 42% | 147 |
| First blood | 47% | 58 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 42% | 45 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 54% | 150 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 44% | 59 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:05 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:23. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Sion's Top build, with receipts
Into Anivia specifically, Sion finishes Hollow Radiance first most often: 50.0% over 118 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Sion core is Sunfire Aegis, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean: 54.4% across 1,249 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Shield + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Sunfire Aegis (12,495 games).
Skill plan: Sion players max Q first and take Q at level 1.