Sion vs Hwei Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Sion is a tank/fighter hybrid, Hwei a mage/support hybrid, and they meet in the Mid lane. The sample behind this page is 261 games from patch 16.13.1, and Sion wins 43.3% of them. A deficit of 6.7 points is what earns Hwei its counter flag in this matchup.
Sion and Hwei overlap on mixed damage, so itemisation converges rather than splits. Starting health splits 655 to 580 in Sion’s favour, with armour at 36 against 21. That 15-point armour gap favours Sion in the first all-in. At full build levels the gap widens to 2433 HP versus 2134, favouring Hwei. Sion also hits harder before items — 68 AD to 54. Sion walks at 345 and Hwei at 330, so Sion dodges skillshots a fraction easier.
Hwei holds a 375-unit range advantage (550 to 175), and that shapes how the lane is traded out. The burden is on Sion: Hwei has no reason to walk into an even fight.
Sion looks for Roar of the Slayer (E); Hwei answers with Subject: Disaster (Q). Then it becomes Unstoppable Onslaught against Spiraling Despair, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
Hwei is the more demanding of the two to pilot (9/10 versus 5/10), which quietly shapes the win rate. Everything comes from Emerald+ solo queue and refreshes without manual input.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Hwei has the statistical edge. Sion wins 43.3% of the recorded games.
43.3% from Sion's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
261 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.