After level 1 you can't win the 1v1: sit at turret and farm, then look for ganks and roams.

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Sion vs Irelia

Q: Respect her range

Respect her range: her Q lets her close on you fast, and she can very easily 100-to-0 you if you overstep.

YOU · TOP

ENEMY · TOP

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How to play it

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Respect her range

her Q lets her close on you fast, and she can very easily 100-to-0 you if you overstep.

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Bully level 1

Take W at level 1, walk up and bully her with Shield Bash + Grasp before her passive is online.

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Fight passive-down

Only trade when she has no passive up: that's your window; with it up, respect her and back off.

Never try to 1v1 her with her passive up: she can 100-to-0 you.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATION

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 46% WR - 579 games

Skill order

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
	W							W	W		W	W
		E											E	E		E	E
					R					R					R

MAX

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W→

Sion · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Sion vs Irelia in Top lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: respect her Q range, she can very easily 100-to-0 you if you overstep.