MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Sion vs Irelia
How often does Sion beat Irelia in Top?
Sion into Irelia in Top: 51% observed win rate across 1,200 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 behind by 682 gold.
Sion at 15:00
- Gold: -682
- CS: -18
- XP: -245
Typical gap to Irelia, from 1,194 games that reached 15:00.
Does Sion counter Irelia?
No counter here: Sion sits at 51% over 1,200 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 Irelia: the Sion game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Sion at 61% across 373 games. Flip the lead and Sion falls to 47% across 827.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 61% | 373 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 47% | 827 |
| First blood | 59% | 335 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 65% | 315 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 56% | 271 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 62% | 137 |
| 0 deaths at 15:00 | 67% | 75 |
Someone usually dies here around 3:22 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:29. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Sion's Top build, with receipts
Into Irelia specifically, Sion finishes Sunfire Aegis first most often: 51.2% over 301 games of this matchup.
The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Unending Despair: 65.9% across 41 games.
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.