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[13.18] FORMER RANK 1 LEE SIN - Truck Driver's Lee Sin Guide [In-Depth]

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Runes: STANDARD PAGE (WITH UMBRAL)

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Domination

Electrocute

Sudden Impact

Zombie Ward

Ingenious Hunter

Precision

Triumph

Coup de Grace

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+15-140 HP (lvls 1-18)

Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Recommended Build

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Starter Items

First Back

Core Items

Situational Items

Ability Order Standard Levelling Order

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Lee Sin Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Rek'Sai

Extreme

Rek'Sai is a tough matchup for Lee because she almost always wins duels if she plays it right. She can stop Lee's Q damage with knock-up, and then wins the all in from there. She has strong ganking and snowballing skills. The matchup is very Rek'Sai favored unless Lee completely outperforms. Counterganking and tracking Rek'Sai will help you win this matchup.

Lissandra

Ideal

Very good for gank setup and enabling Lee with lots of CC and engage. Can easily lock down targets after Insecs.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Lissandra

Ideal

Very good for gank setup and enabling Lee with lots of CC and engage. Can easily lock down targets after Insecs.

Champion Build Guide

Patch 13.18

PATCH OVERVIEW

NEW LEE SIN ABILITY ICONS

Honestly these are pretty clean.. I think the hand in could be a little more clear that it's 's and maybe should be depict a little better, but these are really nice, glad to see him getting some love.

BRIAR RELEASE

Interested to see how does.. I think her kit is busted and once people get the hang of her she's going to be really broken. But for now I ban her until I understand how to play against her. Still too early to tell.

GWEN JUNGLE BUFF

I think it's good they are trying to make jungling more diverse, although a fully scaled is really annoying to deal with. Make sure you're dodging her 4 proc Q with your and the fights should be easy.. Don't her in side of her W unless you have her already tagged with , I've made this mistake too many times lol.

JARVAN NERF

Glad is finally being nerfed.. This champ was so broken last patch, I'm afraid these nerfs honestly won't be enough. Try to not fight him 1v1, and instead counter gank his ganks.. The matchup is really snowbally on either side so 1 mistake could cost you the matchup.

KAYN NERF

Another nerf.. Praise the heavens!!! The champ just defies all logic in the game, so I'm glad he's going to be weaker lmao.

SHOJIN NERF

has just been so disgustingly OP since it was buffed. I'm glad they are scaling it back a bit. I still think Lethality is the better build for , I recently hit GM playing 90% of my games as full Lethality.

All in all some pretty good changes here. Lots of changes to 's matchups and potentially to his core build. I still think Lethality is the best way to build most games, although I run into multiple tanks.

Hello my name is Truck Driver.

I am a 525 LP (peak) jungle main and a dedicated League of Legends Content Creator. I have been playing League since Season 2 and have been maining jungle since Season 4. I peaked 525LP last season and 367LP Grandmaster this season mainly playing Lee Sin.

I created this guide because I felt as though there weren't any high elo guides that cover all aspects of Lee's playstyle, clearing options and matchups. My hope with this guide is that I am able to share my unique insight and experience on Lee Sin to help you on your path to becoming the best Lee Sin player you can be.

If you have any specific questions you would like to ask me, please feel free to stop by my Twitch Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/truckdriver_lol or join my discord https://discord.com/invite/RSYrMdmn2T where you can interact with me directly, and ask me any questions you'd like! I stream every Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday at 7:00 pm EST, and in the afternoons on the weekends.

Pros
[1] Extremely Fun to Play
[2] Strong Early/Mid Game Jungler
[3] Great Snowball Potential
[4] Flexible Build Path (Bruiser vs Tank)
[5] Playmaking Potential is unlimited
[6] High Mobility
[7] High Skill Ceiling

Cons
[1] Poor Scaling
[2] Lacks CC
[3] Weak when playing from behind
[4] Need strong macro to close out games
[5] Takes a lot of games to Master playstyle/mechanics
[6] High Skill Ceiling ;)

Lee Sin is an evasive, high mobility fighter who can snowball games out of control given you utilize him correctly. Strong Macro, as well as really good Mechanics can help you carry and end games quickly. It's important you play to end quickly, and avoid inting any leads as the more time goes on, the weaker Lee Sin gets.

Why Electrocute?

Disgustingly strong early game damage, pair this with 's strong early game and you have a recipe for destruction. The early damage from allows you to thrive in winning early game fights/invades. This allows you to snowball and takeover games. Not to mention once you start to get items 1 and 2 you are literally 1 shotting enemies with 1 rotation of abilities, sometimes you don't even need . Trust me, try this out. I'm up almost 300LP so far with this build. Pair this with and oh baby. YOU ARE COOKING.

What Pet?

I will go when I am in need of extra dueling power, but also extra chase ability. With it's true damage and AOE slowing affects this pet makes it a perfect choice when you need that little bit of catch-up ability to finish off enemies. Not to mention the Damage Over Time that does true damage is nice as well. I also think this item is just so go into champs like Hecarim/Lillia because the active will slow them down, and make them easier to hit with abilities.

I will go more often nowadays. This pet gives bonus movement speed in brush and after killing a camp. The added map mobility for an assassin style build is very nice, but also for repositioning/chasing kills and escaping is very nice as well. If you don't need extra Tenacity

I will go when the enemy team drafts A LOT off CC. This pet gives you a shield when out of combat, and provides you with 20% Tenacity and Slow Resists for 3 seconds after the shield has been broken. That being said I think this pet is really situational, and depends on the enemy team comp. I usually build this when I'm against A LOT of cc, and/or team needs a reliable engage tool (usually when no tanks on my team).

With that being said, I almost always go Blue Pet, if enemy team has lots of burst damage I will go Green.

Standard Build Path

This is the build I use in almost every game. So why this build.. is just so broken to not be abusing it right now. It also helps you just clear wards for playmaking/vision control and the item is so cheap for the stats it gives.. You need to try it!! I usually run this build with Why? Well, with the recent buffs to , when you take your active goes down to a 4 second cooldown. This is crazy. You can literally 1 tap squishy champions with Auto Attack Auto Attack.. Or just simply and .. or proc the max health active on tanks every 4 seconds..

Now why ? Well this active cooldown also gets reduced by so it's a really good pick into champs with pick potential, like , , , , , basically any champ where blocking their 1 ability could be very useful.. If you don't need to block an ability, go straight to .

Why ? The added damage, survivablity and CDR this item gives you just destroys their team the second they try to build armor, if they start building armor I'll usually skip if I don't need it for the above criteria.
In combination with the Mythic Passive and Active, you can burst down tanks like no other.. I'm telling you it's CRAZY.

Why ? well my friend MR Seacarry convinced me this would pair perfectly with the build. also reduces the cooldown of the shield, so you're getting the 600HP shield even MORE often.

When to go what boots

If I'm snowballing hard I'll almost always go . This lowers CD of and , and is just really cost effective for cooldown reduction. Lower CD on and means more opportunities for plays to snowball your lead. I'll only really deviate from when snowballing if it's too good to go another boot. For example, enemy team all AD or AP.

If I'm vs heavy AP/CC comp I'll always take .

If I'm vs heavy AD or autoattackers I'll always take .

Situational Items

If the enemy has a strong AP carry is always a good buy. Good amount of AD/CDR/MR, extremely low CD on the shield, and you get 12% Omnivamp when it procs. I will always build over .
If they are a very AP heavy team I'll couple with , if not is great on it's own.

If you are looking for survivability is always a great pick, especially into heavy AD comps. If enemy team is full of crit-type auto attackers (Yasuo, Yone, most ADCs, Kindred etc.) is a very good counter to this. Couple this with and you'll be unkillable.

If team needs anti-shield is a viable option for . Typically I'll build this right after or if needed.
is a great option if you are hard snowballing. This way if you make a mistake you're not inting a 1K shutdown to the enemy team. This also allows you to play like a chimp and look for an insane , and your team can follow up on the revive.

Typically Lee doesn't build anti-heal that often, only in certain matchups and vs team comps. That being said if team needs anti-heal but lacks damage is good on Lee. If team needs more tankyness but lacks anti-heal go .

I'm telling you guys, if you want to try a fun build that has item cooldowns on a stupidly low cooldown, try this out.. It's like an in-and-out full damage build. You're 1 tapping people left and right because you're activating so often. Not to mention you have so much survivability.. I've been dropping 20 KILLS in Master with this build! TRY IT OUT!!!!

Analyze your Jungle matchup, are they an early game jungler like ? or would they rather full clear and scale for late? If they are an early game jungler, establish your win con and look to gank that lane, pay attention to summoner spell usage and regank lanes who don't have . Track the enemy jungler's starting buff and pay attention to where they show on the map. Communicate these things to your team and always think about where the enemy jungler could be if you aren't 100% sure.

If they are a scaling/farming jungler you want to look to punish their weak early game by doing a potential invade, or setting up a countergank. Disrupting a scaling junglers first clear/gank is a great way to gain jungle tempo. Look for a fast level 3 (Red/Raptors/Gromp or Red/Blue/Gromp) into an invade on their second buff. Make sure you are tracking where they start and invade the opposite buff. Communicate to your team you want to invade. If you don't have lane prio, don't invade. Instead gank the lanes that are pushed in.

It's important you consider laner matchups (volatile vs farming lanes) as well as gank setup when deciding who to gank first. Sometimes you want your bot lane to win but you know its hard to gank the enemy Ezreal/Yuumi without any CC or gank setup. That being said, play for a lane that has gank setup in the mean time and you can start to focus bot when you have your ult. Remember to punish lanes who don't have flashes.

You don't always have to hit a flashy insec/play to win games and team fights. Analyze the game state, is your carry stronger than theirs? do you need to peel yours? or is it more important for you to kick the fed enemy carry into your team?

Always look to make plays when R is up, look for number advantages in fights and punish the enemy team accordingly.

Typical pathing for me is a 3 camp clear into some sort of gank or invade. Fastest and strongest level 3 clear is Red>Raptors>Gromp. You want red buff (Slow and DOT) for these early plays. You can also do Blue>Gromp>Red it's slightly slower but works just as well.

I will alter my path depending on lane/wave states. That being said if it looks like there are no chance for ganks/invades, I'll simply do a 4 or 5 camp clear take scuttle and recall. It's important you are paying attention to your lanes while clearing, it's always best to move to a potential opportunity than to greed for extra farm. That being said, use your judgement, if you're lvl 1 still on Lee and it doesn't look good don't move. Finally don't force invades or ganks, if there isn't an opportunity don't force one.

There are slight optimizations in ability order to certain clearing paths which I will outline below:

Red>Raptors>Gromp:
Start , take second (really helps with clearing raptors quick), third. first because the clear is much healthier with this.

Blue>Gromp>Red or Red>Blue>Gromp:
Start , take second, last. No point of second as were doing single monster camps.

Blue>Gromp>Wolves>Raptors>Red or Red>Raptors>Wolves>Gromp>Blue:
Start , take second (helps speed up wolves/raptors), third.

Blue>Gromp>Wolves>Red or Red>Raptors>Gromp>Blue:
Start , Take second (helps speed up wolves/raptors), third.

If you are ever soloing a buff: Start and use your on youself (halves the cooldown) at 1:26 (for passive and omnivamp) makes it a lot easier/healthier. Always smite your buff if you're soloing. Then proceed to take either or depending if you're doing multi-monster camps or solo monster camps.

These are very slight optimizations that will speed up your clear by a few seconds. The sooner you're on the map the better. Remember to always use an ability, auto attack twice and then use another ability and repeat.

Bind your trinket to your Mouse Button (If possible) and smart cast it. This will really help speed up your ward hopping. Which will then speed up your Insec's, Chinese Insec's and so much more.

Sometimes it's better to hold than it is to use it. The threat of you throwing can cause enemies to completely outplay themselves. That being said, try to setup easy 's with and then and slowing with .

cooldown begins on first cast. That being said, you can land , wait a few seconds, take the second and your will almost be off cooldown again. This really helps when bursting enemies and catching slippery targets. You can , wait until the end of the cooldown, take , , , and is back off cooldown again to finish them off.

Always use Yellow Trinket (Obviously), don't ever sell it.

Always try to have atleast 1 in your inventory, it can net you a kill or save your /life. Don't always buy 2 , this can really waste your money, especially if you're behind.

Tagging with and then to a ward to bait out an escape ability or get in range for / or auto attacks is a really strong tactic to catch enemies off guard. Most times enemies will think you are using your when really it's just . A lot of times this combo is necessary to get enough damage prior to executing with

Practice in practice tool. You can practice ward hopping, Insec's, Chinese Insec's, Ghost Kicks, Full Damage Combos etc. This will really improve your mechanics.

Be patient! Lee Sin does take some time to learn. Don't be discouraged, we all start somewhere, with time and effort you will improve!

Detailed Matchup list WIP - If you have suggestions please comment below!

ALWAYS TRACK ENEMY JUNGLE START AT THE START OF GAME. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THEIR PATHING, OPENS YOU UP FOR INVADE OPPORTUNITIES AND COUNTER GANKS

TRACKING PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN WINNING YOUR JUNGLE MATCHUPS.

A general rule I use for scaling junglers is I usually try to invade second buff if my lanes have prio. In the case that they don’t, I’ll look to gank the lanes that are pushed in, or counter gank enemy jungles first gank. Disrupting scaling junglers first clear is a huge hit to their tempo and helps to give you an advantage.

After this I like to setup further invades on their buff timers (second red/blue spawn) and invade with my strong side, this makes it easier to win fights, satisfies my win condition and puts the enemy junglers further behind.

If I am snowballing, I'll look for every chance to invade the enemy jungler and put him further behind instead of heavily farming my jungle (Still take your main big XP camps, like red/raptors/blue/gromp). This way I can steal the enemy junglers farm, and take my camps when there aren't opportunities to invade. Thus giving me a greater lead, and putting them further behind.

- I like to invade Hecarim when he does his Blue/Gromp clear at around 3:00 Minutes ~.

– is favored in the beginning then takes over. I like to countergank first gank, you win every fight against him early given you hit all your abilities. In team fights off possessions/off your backline, if he can’t get resets, he’s useless. You can also him into a thick wall to CC him for longer so your team can lock him down and kill him. Careful cause when he starts getting items you need to pick smarter fights, he will start to beat you.

– is a great pick into this matchup because he can her ult away from yourself/your team and ward hop out of Q/R etc. also has no escape if you catch her out in the jungle, very easy to kill when ahead on . Invading on second buff is very effective given you have lane prio. She has no escape tools so landing , then , slowing and wardhopping if she flashes will usually net you a kill. If you ever catch her out, you always win fights even if you’re even. Look to her R off you or your team. Do not her into your team, this sets her up for an easy ult.

– The key thing in this matchup is not letting scale and get his form without punishing him. You can usually tell by his runes/your team comp what form he will want for the game. If you are full of squishies he’ll go blue and bruisers/tanks he’ll go red. He will usually clear towards the lane of the type of souls he wants for form. If he wants blue its usually to bot lane and red to top lane. Look to countergank him as much as possible, and keep his jungle warded so you can setup favourable fights and countergank him.

- I really love this matchup for mostly because it's a skill matchup. The key thing in this matchup is counterganking ganks, almost mimicking her clearing and ganking pattern. We are stronger than her until she outscales us. So preventing marks, invading if ahead or have lane prios are good ways to keep her from scaling. Make sure you are saving for her ult. Typically I will land and then the enemy out of and follow to secure the kill. Be careful of her using to dodge your if she dodges, you lose the fight. Try to and to slow her then land the easy .

This guide will be continually updated to add more information. I will keep the guide updated as new patches come out.

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