Sion vs Ahri Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Mid lane: Sion the tank/fighter hybrid, Ahri the mage/assassin hybrid. 372 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Sion at a 44.6% win rate into Ahri. A deficit of 5.4 points is what earns Ahri its counter flag in this matchup.
Sion threatens Unstoppable Onslaught; Ahri counters through Fox-Fire. Ultimates decide the rest — Unstoppable Onslaught versus Spirit Rush.
Both Sion and Ahri threaten mainly mixed damage, so one resistance covers the lane. The stat sheet reads 655 HP and 36 armour for Sion against 590 and 21 for Ahri. Sion can afford to take the first exchange, sitting on 15 extra armour. Scaling matters as well: Sion ends on 2134 HP, Ahri on 2358. On autos alone the numbers read 68 AD for Sion and 53 for Ahri. Movement speed: Sion 345, Ahri 330.
Ahri holds a 375-unit range advantage (550 to 175), and that shapes how the lane is traded out. That forces Sion to play around cooldowns and pathing rather than raw stats.
That 44.6% rests on 372 recorded games from 16.13.1. This lane rebuilds from live ranked data each cycle.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Ahri has the statistical edge. Sion wins 44.6% of the recorded games.
44.6% from Sion's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
372 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Sion build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Sion build page.