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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Flash
Exhaust
Ability Order
Flurry (PASSIVE)
Lee Sin Passive Ability
Introduction
Pros
Great chaser
Almost impossible to chase lee sin 1v1
His
Tempest / Cripple is an anticarry ability

Great nuker
Can 1v1 almost every champion with some exceptions
Good farmer
Cons
Focused a lot in teamfights and in lane
Pretty squishy until you have your
Frozen Mallet,
Warmog's Armor or any defensive item in general


Nothing much to say typicall offensive masteries in my 1st build and typical tanky masteries in my 2nd build. My 3rd masteries are almost identical to the offensive ones except that I get improved
Smite and because I don't take
Exhaust I have one free point so I take
Butcher
for harder hitting those damn minions and monsters.
DPS masteriesTanky masteriesJungle masteries



DPS masteriesTanky masteriesJungle masteries
Marks : typical marks on almost every AD imo best.
Seals : this is my personal preference because I like some at. speed on Lee Sin early because I rush PD after mallet so I pretty much lack at. speed early.
Glyphs : this is I think MUST HAVE glyphs on Lee Sin because you will want to spam your spells A LOT this will make it easier for you.
Quintessences : like my marks typical for AD.
Seals : this is my personal preference because I like some at. speed on Lee Sin early because I rush PD after mallet so I pretty much lack at. speed early.
Glyphs : this is I think MUST HAVE glyphs on Lee Sin because you will want to spam your spells A LOT this will make it easier for you.
Quintessences : like my marks typical for AD.




Good







Bad















I start with
and
because I want to rush
Phage ASAP then in most cases I take
Ionian Boots of Lucidity then finishing
Frozen Mallet then i get
Phantom Dancer which will boost your at. speed and you will be realy deadly then
Trinity Force because as I said you will want to spam your abilities as much as you can so triforce is very good choice. Now you have nice durability but you are starting to lack damage, rushing
Bloodthirster will remove those trubles and will give you some nice lifesteal also most of games typically end at this time if not buy
Infinity Edge whhich will massively increase your dmg output also it's unique passive is cool





















Laning is wonderful for
Lee Sin. If played well he can easily dominate lane against almost everybody. Your harras is undeniable if you have good aim with your Q. You need to learn your QW combo. Almost every.
Lee Sin player know QEW combo. You just dash in there hit your E and dash back. What most don't know or i just don't see them doing it is QW combo. You dash in there quickly and as quickly you dash to your minion or champion back to safety. There is no way they can possibly react with succesful harras or even attempt to kill you. Also while you are playing
Lee Sin the key to master him is: BE EXTREMELY AGGRESIVE. If you will follow these 3 simple words enemies in your lane will drop like pieces of paper and they will QQ for nerfing
Lee Sin but
Lee Sin isn't op at all while in lane. The only OP
Lee Sin is...






In laning I said it's wonderful for
Lee Sin so you may ask Why the heck would I jungle him ? The only reason for that is jungle
Lee Sin is OP get it xD ? It isn't exactly jungle what is OP on
Lee Sin. It's ganking.
Lee Sin' ganks are fearsome deadly and easy if you again have good aim.
Lee Sin's Jungle speed is pretty good. You can clear jungle fast and gank quickly. Also if you start at blue golem you can do fast lvl 2 gank which almost always head to first blood. But you don't have to start at blue since you don't really need it. You can start at wraits, red buff or double golems aswell





In this section I will try to tell you about every champion in game and if
Lee Sin can beat him or not. For now this is solo top guide. I will add jungle build and tips later but for now in this section i will stay at relevant solo top enemies.
Akali can be pain in the *** as she can deal a lot of damage in late game. But you are some of the best counters to her with your stealth revealing spells
and
so when you don't get caught and play smart you can beat her easily. WARNING ! DO NOT APPROACH FED AKALI ! SHE WILL DESTROY YOU IF YOU ARE NOT TANKY !
It depends on skill of
Lee Sin if he can beat
Cho'Gath. He is very strong solo toper through his insane sustain thanks to
Carnivore. Thankfully you can outdamage his passive. It has one big but...You CAN but if you're facing skilled
Cho'Gath he can deny your damage by knocking you with his
Rupture or silencing you with
Feral Scream. Also after he hit 6. level he can kill you as good as you can so be careful.
Ugh.....prepare for boring lane. If is
Galio you're facing smart he will play passively whole laning phase escept harrasing you with his Q
Resolute Smite. That is also spell which I often see
Galio players to max so it does hurt when he aims it well. But I have never ever in my life seen
Galio who managed to nuke me or burst me down alone if I didn't do stupid mistake so I think your laning against him should be safe. Although i would highly recommend you to go
Cloth Armor and 5
Health Potions as his harras is really annoying.
First of all... DO NOT LET HIM FARM ! I REPEAT DO NOT LET HIM FARM !. Also go
Cloth Armor and 5
Health Potions because when he realise he won't be able to farm when you are on lane (if you managed to do this) he will try to harras you with his
Parrrley. If you will stack armor against him on lane he won't be able to kill you so there is when fun start. Snowball on him like a baws. Keep him unfarmed because farmed
Gangplank can destroy you in late game.
When you get first on lane he isn't much of a threat but once he recalls and returns back with
Boots of Swiftness and
Giant's Belt there comes the madness. Insane damage through
Judgment and Decesive Strike, insane armor and magic ressist through his
Courage and insane HP through items he bought. Don't feed him, farm, don't trade with him, call for a gank and play carefully. End of science.
Better nerf
Irelia. Most famous sentence in the world of League of Legends. Riot actually is going to nerf her in Lulu patch but she will still be pain in the *** because of her true damage. Her biggest weakness is early game so abuse it. Harras the **** out of her. Once she hit level 6 she has so much sustain it's not even worth harrasing her. You will just get caught by her
Equilibrium Strike and get some real punches with her
Hiten Style. Tell your jungler to gank her a lot because farmed
Irelia can win game by herself.
Finally lane that can be fairly easy if you play right. Don't underestimate him he can deal some damage. But you are one of the few champion that can dash/flash out of his
Cataclysm without wasting
Flash. Be aware you need friendly champion, minion, ward,
Noxious Trap or
Jack In The Box to do that with your
or if you have this option you can dash throught enemy with
to safety instead. Sadly he is pretty hard to gank because of his
Dragon Strike
Demacian Standard combo.
I would highly recommend to go
Boots and 3
Health Potions because you want to dodge his
Thundering Shuriken all day all night. When he activates his
Slicing Maelstrom then run. Don't fight him in his
Slicing Maelstrom.
Dragon's Rage him to the hell with it if necesarry. As Hard matchup are marked only skilled
Kennen players. If he can't land most skillshots then he is Medium matchup. And if is
Kennen against you terrible then mark him as Easy matchup if he really suck so badly xD
This guy can be annoying when played well. Thankfully when he literally spams abilities on you he will run out of mana almost immedietaly. But because of his passive
Granite Shield your harras will be next to waste of time if not done correctly. You can't just dash on him, break his passive and dash back simply because after 10 seconds he will have his passive back on. So instead of bursts I would recommend doing consistent damage to him. If you are afraid of his early damage then grab
Cloth Armor and 5
Health Potions.
There is one thing everybody knows about
Mordekaiser. His early game sucks big *** so only chance how turn this Hard matchup into Medium matchup is killing him few times or keeping him absolutely without farm in early game. Once he bought his
Hextech Revolver he will harras you and farm for free because of the sustain that
Hextech Revolver gives. If you thought laning phase is the worst thing on
Mordekaiser then you are WRONG.
Mordekaiser is absolute beast in late game. He will crush you, destroy you, rape you, make you QQ and laugh at your dead body when he walks from 1v1 against you with full HP.
Sigh...What should I say ? It's simple. If you are laning against smart
Morgana on solo then you won't kill sh*t and she won't kill sh*t. Because smart
Morgana will just hit those damn caster minions in each wave with her
Tormented Shadow and happily laugh as gold keeps coming to her. Boring lane. For once you can happily creep too . Only thing to be afraind of is her jungler so dodge every
Dark Binding that she aims at you and have your
Flash ready.
His early game relies on stacking his
Siphoning Strike in order to deal damage in late game. And also his early game is quite bad so harras him harras him and harras him. Eventually kill him few times. But be aware of ganks because his
Wither will slow your movement speed down to almost 0. If you will deny his stacking he will be crippled for whole game so remember to keep him from minions as long as you can.
Now you may think WTF ?
Nidalee on solo ? No I am not trolling you. For those who have seen some HotshotGG's games and streams it's not new thing that
Nidalee can rock on solo. But only smart and skilled one can be marked as medium for
Lee Sin and why ? Because smart
Nidalee will adapt her skill sequence to which champion she faces and how he plays. So if she see you playing aggresively she will max her heal and will survive on the lane pretty safely. But if she see you playing passively almost ingoring her in lane she will maybe max her feared Javelin Toss/Takedown which does ZOMG damage when maxed. After she hits level 6 she has some pottential to chase you down and kill you so be careful. But since you are
Lee Sin when you hit level 6 you have even more killing potential that she has.
He is seen in jungle much more then on solo but you can face him. Ranking of this matchup depends only on what does that guy against you max firstif he maxes his
Reckless Swing then it's medium and i would recommend to not trade with him. Reason for that is smart
Olaf who maxes
Reckless Swing will throw it at you, deal 1851221739272396237 damage, throw his
Undertow and run away. Why ? Since he maxes his
Reckless Swing then it's logically his only damage output except autoattacks and since you have your beloved
and we are talking about smart
Olaf from the beginning he will know that so he won't try to trade with you with autoattacks. Final thought is don't approach smart
Olaf who maxes
Reckless Swing he will literally burst you down. If he maxes something else otherwise he will not be able to deal much damage so you can possibly trade with him. Last thing buy
Cloth Armor and 5
Health Potions against this guy.
If you lane against
Pantheon I wouldn't recommend any other item to buy than
Cloth Armor and 5
Health Potions. Simply because of that he will try to harras the sh*t out of you until he burns all of his mana. Happily if he spams his
Spear Shot often he will run out of mana really quickly but trust me until his mana burns you rally need those potions. If he doesn't max
Spear Shot and he maxes his
Heartseeker Strike then prepare to feel real pain when he stuns you. Maxed
Heartseeker Strike hurts really really bad. Play defensively and buy some armor against him on lane if you will do that he will not be able to kill you.
Now this guy is the toughest one of all. Great last hitting great damage and great sustain. All through single spell
Cull the Meek. His early game shines as much as
Garen's does. Maybe even more. It's near to impossible to kill him when you are playing
Lee Sin. Like it's not bad enough thanks to his
Slice and Dice he is almost ungankable and even if you manage to set up gank on him he still can run away thanks to that
Slice and Dice. Also do not underestimate his HP after he hits level 6 he has more HP than you see. If you somehow drop him to 1/4 of HP and you still have 1/2 of your HP do not chase him if he has his
Dominus. The fight will end up him chasing you. I would recommend not to lane against him and if you have to then get
Cloth Armor and 5
Health Potions.
She can be really toguh in lane. She has high mobility so does
Lee Sin. She has high damage so does
Lee Sin. She has shield so does
Lee Sin but her shield scales with attack damage so it's more useful in some ways than Safeguard/Iron Will.
Riven has some upper hand on
Lee Sin with her ultimate
Blade of the Exile which gives her a LOT attack damage. And gives her the ability to finish you off with
Wind Slash which works in the same way as
Demacian Justice does. I would recommend to take Doran's Shiled against her. You don't really need any
Health Potions against her because if you are careful she won't have any oppurtunity to harras you as her gap closers are pretty short so you can dash to safety if needed. Also the 120 HP from Doran's Shiled is always handy.
Do you remember
Rumble pre nerf ? He was such an OP beast. You bilt
Rylai's Crystal Scepter and you were fine for whole game with that 80 AP it gives and you were just owning everybody. After they nerfed him he is still very strong solo top champion. You need to learn to avoid his
Flamespitter because it's his highest damage ability. Only thing he needs to do is spam it and grill you alive. But he has his weaknesses. He is not very durable in the laning phase before he buys some HP so use it against him. I think
Boots and 3
Health Potions will be best.
Cloth Armor won't help yousimply because all of his damage is magic and you still need some
Health Potions becase his harras hurts a lot. Also
Boots will help you avoid his
Flamespitter.
You can beat him but when he gets some good armor you're screwed. Try to kill him as early as possible and focus on farming later on. Watch for ganks since his
Shadow Dash with jungler help can be easy kill. If you got some lead on him by early gank or fist blood there is potential of zoning him even later on. Also when he tries to teleport with his
Stand United kick him with
Dragon's Rage to prevent the teleport.
This matchup is a farm war. Zone him early and punish his weak early game as he will punish you and your team with his great late game. Don't let him
Fling you as there can be their jungler waiting just for that. Very important thing that everybody should know already. DO NOT CHASE
Singed!.
Difficuilty of this matchup depends on if it's AP
Sion or AD
Sion. AP one has high burst so be aware of that and be sure to pop his shiled whenever he activates it to cripple his damage. Good news for you is that when he spams his
Cryptic Gaze on you he will run out of mana. AD
Sion has weaker early game but absolutely brutally OP late game. This guy in late game with items can solo your whole team if csed well. Don't let him farm early but be aware of his attacks because of his
Enrage they hurt a lot.
Much more seen on mid but he can solo with ease too. He has weak early game and you MUST take advantage of that because once he hits lvl 6 he will be extremely hard to kill and you won't be able to push him out of lane. Don't even try to trade with him after level 6. Even if you somehow manage to win the trade he will het his hp back in blink of an eye with his
Ravenous Flock.

Medium matchup



Medium-hard matchup
It depends on skill of






Medium matchup
Ugh.....prepare for boring lane. If is






Medium matchup
First of all... DO NOT LET HIM FARM ! I REPEAT DO NOT LET HIM FARM !. Also go




Hard matchup
When you get first on lane he isn't much of a threat but once he recalls and returns back with




Hard matchup
Better nerf




Easy-medium matchup
Finally lane that can be fairly easy if you play right. Don't underestimate him he can deal some damage. But you are one of the few champion that can dash/flash out of his








Medium-hard matchup
I would highly recommend to go








Medium matchup
This guy can be annoying when played well. Thankfully when he literally spams abilities on you he will run out of mana almost immedietaly. But because of his passive



Hard matchup
There is one thing everybody knows about





Medium matchup
Sigh...What should I say ? It's simple. If you are laning against smart





Easy matchup
His early game relies on stacking his


Medium matchup
Now you may think WTF ?





Easy-medium matchup
He is seen in jungle much more then on solo but you can face him. Ranking of this matchup depends only on what does that guy against you max firstif he maxes his











Medium matchup
If you lane against







Hard matchup
Now this guy is the toughest one of all. Great last hitting great damage and great sustain. All through single spell








Medium-hard matchup
She can be really toguh in lane. She has high mobility so does









Medium matchup
Do you remember









Medium matchup
You can beat him but when he gets some good armor you're screwed. Try to kill him as early as possible and focus on farming later on. Watch for ganks since his



Medium matchup
This matchup is a farm war. Zone him early and punish his weak early game as he will punish you and your team with his great late game. Don't let him


Easy-medium matchup
Difficuilty of this matchup depends on if it's AP





Medium-hard matchup
Much more seen on mid but he can solo with ease too. He has weak early game and you MUST take advantage of that because once he hits lvl 6 he will be extremely hard to kill and you won't be able to push him out of lane. Don't even try to trade with him after level 6. Even if you somehow manage to win the trade he will het his hp back in blink of an eye with his

In this section i will show you some videos of me playing Lee Sin showing some tactics, luck and fun stuff :D
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combo with few autoattacks then I just waited for cooldown on my
and finished him off.
You can ignore the voice in the background. It's one of my friends talking about some irrelevant sh*t :D



You can ignore the voice in the background. It's one of my friends talking about some irrelevant sh*t :D

Supports





Carry's




Tanks



I would give more examples of good partners but



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