Champion sheet · Mid

Sion

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.9%#35 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.3%picked in 3,176 of 28,038 games
Ban: 6.6%1,514 bans over 22,805 games, against 0.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid53.4% between 49.2% and 57.6% over 382 gamesSoloQ 48.0%: clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 28,304 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 919,797 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraftLengthBuild
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Titanic Hydra: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of mid laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
53.4%
SoloQ
48.0%
53.4% win rate in amateur play over 382 games, against 48.0% in soloQ over 5,746 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.6%
SoloQ
0.3%
0.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.6%
SoloQ
0.6%
6.6% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 0.6% in soloQ over 387,203 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
27.5 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 27.5 min in soloQ.
BuildHollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean instead of Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Titanic Hydra
Amateur
25%
SoloQ
10%
Played in 25% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Titanic Hydra (10%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Titanic Hydra: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying78% · 4,485

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport81% · 4,637

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 87% · 55 games

Core (3 legendaries)10% · 224

10%of soloQ games

Hollow Radiance
Unending Despair
Titanic Hydra

≠ Amateur: Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean instead of Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Titanic Hydra. 25% · 139 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of mid laners.

Absorbs damagetop1%2,245 · mid laners: 489
Lets allies carry killstop1%rank 100 of 100
Plays teamfightstop3%61% · mid laners: 55%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other mid laners

Map pressure

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 11 in lane, 8 in mid game and 11 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

471-56 vs 528

765-135 vs 899

996-182 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Sionmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 91% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 11 of 100 among mid laners471 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners765 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 11 of 100 among mid laners996 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners-435 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners-712 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 65 of 100 among mid laners3 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 100 of 100 among mid laners2,245 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 97 of 100 among mid laners61% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 4 of 100 among mid laners15% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 100 of 100 among mid lanersrank 100 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners1.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 18 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ornn58.1% · expected 53.0% · 31 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -3.8

Junglegap to expected

Wukong56.1% · expected 51.0% · 41 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.9

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal59.4% · expected 56.6% · 32 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -4.2

Kai'Sa55.3% · expected 53.9% · 38 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -3.6

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Sylas59.5% · expected 54.3% · 37 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -3.7

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn68.3% · expected 55.2% · 41 g+13.0 ptSoloQ +3.0

Kai'Sa66.7% · expected 52.9% · 30 g+13.8 ptSoloQ +0.6

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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