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Assassin Lee Sin
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AD Offtank Lee Sin
Lore/Champion Spotlight
Lee Sin's talents were so promising that the League was willing to overlook the incident, but he could never forgive himself. He left the Institute and journeyed to the Shojin Monastery for eternal repentance, swearing never to practice magic again. Years later, hoping to atone for his crime with martyrdom, he set himself ablaze as a protest of the Noxian occupation of Ionia. He remained alive in this state, enduring searing agony for weeks. His actions paved the way for a League match wherein Ionia prevailed, but by the time he was doused, his eyes had been burned completely from their sockets. Hailed as a savior, he was reborn, and his will to act invigorated. He joined the League of Legends to continue his atonement with sweat and blood, a true monk's only possessions.
''The actions of one may sunder the world, but the efforts of many may rebuild it.''
-- Lee Sin


About myself!
Hello everybody, my name is ProwningJagz (lolking link) and I play at EU West. Currently in Silver Division 2, I am certainly not a high elo author, nor do I have the ambition to become one. Also I want to apologize for the bad english I may have used.
Why Lee Sin?
I just wanted to share my thoughts at my favorite champion: Lee Sin. I play him mostly as a top laner, because I think that's where he shines the most. He has an very strong early game, that you have to abuse 90 % of the games. In my opinion he is one of the most exciting champions to play because of his extreme mobility his skillset offers.
Hope you enjoy it!
PS: Please give me construcive criticism, since this is my first build on MOBAfire.
I WILL BE FOCUSING ON ASSASSIN LEE SIN IN THIS GUIDE

Pros
+ Get's more chance to snowball, since he can farm more, and prolly get some kills off. + Amazing ultimate to peel off your enemies! + Great combo's that can help your jungler to gank. + More gold-efficient items, since you have to use money for ![]() ![]() + Ward-hopping FTW! + HE IS BLIND! |
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Cons
- Needs some practice - Pretty one-sided build - Can be hard CC-ed in teamfight's - Can be kited, but that's why we have BoTRK! - Champs who can poke like ![]() - HE IS BLIND! |

Offensive tree
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Summoner's Wrath for the bonus AD it gives while your
Ignite is on cooldown.
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Fury is very good for helping you to lasthit, aswell for duelling for a longer time, where AD offtank (with maxing
Safeguard) really shines. As an assassin you do not want to go 1vs1 against champions that naturally outsustain you. i.e.:
Warwick. So you can switch
Fury for
Sorcery, but I should test this more.
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Butcher , again for last hitting.
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Deadliness , just for the extra AD. It actually scales quite well into late game.
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Havoc ! Extra percentage damage on an assassin? Yes please!
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Weapon Expertise , I know,
Lee Sin does not have any weapons except his mind and fists, but still the armor penetration is just so good.
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Brute Force Flat AD is always welcome when you have an early game beast like Lee.
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Sunder , more armor pen? This is getting so good!
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Executioner finishes this mastery tree. It works so good together with Lee's Q:
Resonating Strike (more in abilities section). Just amazing for finishing your enemies!

Defensive tree
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Durability gives flat HP. 108 HP at level 18 can't be underestimated, if you know that
Ruby Crystal gives you 180 HP, for 475g, that's actually 108HP that you get for free, while you should buy it for about 250 gold!
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Hardiness always helps when you want some early game resistance in a top lane.
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Resistance , some frequent junglers like
Xin Zhao, or
Hecarim, deal quite some magic damage and will mostly upgrade that ability (
Spirit of Dread). You can see that the magic resist will help you against this kind of junglers, or against top laners with magic damage like Kennen. You may put the points of
Hardiness in
Resistance if you know you are facing an AP champion like
Vladimir.
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Veteran's Scars , again some flat HP, this time from the start! Same explanation as
Durability .

Runes




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9

9




9


If you are laning against AP champions like


Standard Summoner Spells
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![]() ![]() - Ignite is great to finish off your enemy, to reduce the heals they receive, i.e.: ![]() ![]() - This spell helps you chasing, duelling, and saving your teammates! Exhaust is also a very viable pick if you know you are laning against an attack speed based champion like ![]() ![]() |
Other viable choices
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Ability Explanation





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FLURRY: Flurry is an passive that gives you energy back for every basic attack after you used an ability. It also gives you a chunk of attack speed! Flurry is extremely important while jungling Lee Sin, but the use of this passive can't be underestimated in lane too. While duelling an opponent, what you should come across a lot of times (because this is a big strength of Lee!), make sure you use two basic attacks after every ability. Sequences/combo's in the section below!
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SONIC WAVE/RESONATING STRIKE (Q): This ability makes you shoot a 'projectile' and when it lands, you can activate it to jump towards your target! Sonic Wave/Resonating Strike is what
Lee Sin is famous for. Most of you will prolly say this is his bread and butter ability. Well, I dont agree! Even though this is the ability that makes
Lee Sin what he is, it isn't his best ability. I consider
Sonic Wave as his mobility, and finishing move, but the true damage lies into
Tempest!
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SAFEGUARD/IRON WILL (W): Safeguard allows you to quickly jump to an allied unit. Iron Will gives you some nice defensive stats, which are great for duelling. Of course this is another mobility ability (hey, this rimes!). I like this one more then his Q, just because it's way more reliant. You can do some sick escapes and ward-hopping with
Safeguard, and that is what the most fun part of
Lee Sin is in my opinion.
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TEMPEST/CRIPPLE (E): Tempest makes Lee smash the ground, doing some sick MAGIC DAMAGE, and revealing nearby opponents. The second activate can be used to cripple the enemies hit by Tempest, what slows them and gives them a attack speed debuff. Now, this is my favorite ability of Lee! This does good standard damage, plus it's magic damage. The magic damage is the most important part, because most top laners, i.e.:
Shen, have a bunch of armor runes, or maybe
Cloth Armor to begin with. Since they don't have a lot of magic resist, tempest will hit a lot harder then for example
Sonic Wave. This ability is great against top lane
Akali/
Wukong, because of the stealth reveal.
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DRAGON'S RAGE (R): Dragon's rage kicks our enemies away, and if they collide with any other enemy units, they are also knocked back! One of the most fun abilities in the game (
Karthus'
Requiem is more fun)! Anyway; if you are well fed/farmed, you can really stomp people with this ult. It has a huge AD ratio on it, and a cool knockback. But, also this ability get's weaker in the late game phase. At that time just use it to peel off enemies from your ADC. Another good moment to use it is when they line up and you can gather a cool chain reaction!
Skill upgrade order




Why upgrade
Tempest over
Sonic Wave?
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The magic damage is the most important part, because most top laners, i.e.:
Shen, have a bunch of armor runes, or maybe
Cloth Armor to begin with. Since they dont have a lot of magic resist, tempest will hit a lot harder then for example
Sonic Wave. Also
Tempest is a lot more reliant then
Sonic Wave since this is a skillshot.





Simple as that, really!
But still, this are just personal thoughts and preferences, you can max

How to use your skills
Lane
In lane you can use your




If your opponent decides to counter-harrass, use


Main harrass combo/ lane combo
AA= autoattack





Maybe you can secure the kill after this combo, if you think you can make it, put on



Finishing your enemy with a lethal combo!
When you did your combo about two times, they will be low enough to go for the kill. The most reliable combo for this purpose is :






Example!:
Teamfights
Early-mid game teamfights
When playing assassin








When you have the opportunity (carrying a sight ward),



Late game
In late game teamfight there are two ways to succeed.
- Catch their carries and kick them to your team, while using
Cripple on their whole team.
- Peel off their divers from your ADC! Stick with your ADC and
Safeguard him all the time. When an enemy diver like
Kha'Zix tries to focus your ADC,
Cripple them, or in case of emergency, use
Dragon's Rage!
Escaping/ward-hopping
Everyone has ever saw a

Make sure to always carry at least one sight ward, as it greatly enlarges your chance of escaping while being ganked, stealing big objectives, diving turrets,...
To ward-hop, simply place a sight ward before you, and quickly




Here is an example methode you can use, after being ganked, or being trapped in the baron's or dragons pit:
Always remember the jungle is your territory, and you can escape a lot of tricky situations with your Q and W.

Offensive items
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![]() - Frozen Mallet gives some good health, AD, and a good chasing potential. This item is very strong on AD offtank Lee Sin. - Infinty Edge? Are you building critical chance? Then NO. - I love LW! The awesome Armor penetration is just awesome for shredding through armor. Also the 40 extra AD can't be underestimated. This is also quite gold-efficient. A late game must. - Maw of Malmortius is a very good item against AP based teams like ![]() ![]() ![]() -Mercurial scimitar is another great item when you face AP champions. The difference is this is for heavy CC magic damage like ![]() ![]() ![]() -Ravenous Hydra is an item I still have to try out on ![]() -Black Cleaver! Though it got nerfed, it is still one of the most bought items in LoL. This item gives everything you need: Cdr, Arp, AD, a bit of HP. It's always smart to build an early ![]() -BLOODTHIRSTER! This is THE core item for every assassin and maybe even for offtanks. It just gives 100AD when fully stacked + a lot of lifesteal. Just Core. -Trinity Force is another item I consider as core, because of the variety of stats this item gives. The passive from Sheen combines very well with ![]() ![]() ![]() -Youmuu's. Hmm, hard one. You don't encounter a lot of Ghostblades. In my opinion, ![]() ![]() - Zephyr is quite new to me. It seems good, but I will investigate this further. Update coming soon! |

Defensive items
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-Atma's synergizes extremely well with a HP based build, like my offtank build. The armor is always nice for someone who needs to kick ADC's. -Banshee's Veil is good, but I would only take it if you can't dodge ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() -Guardian Angel is an item some people consider as a must. While I go for more damage, this people want more durability. If their champions have burst like ![]() - I think Locket has the same problem as Aegis. You should take it aswell when nobody takes it. -Randuin is prolly the best Armor item in LoL. The active synergizes well with ur Q. Try to hit their ADC with this and the battle has already turned into your favor. I almost always take this nowadays, since double bruiser is the meta. -Ruby sightstone is just included for the ward-hopping. It lets you escape a lot of times or lets you make plays with ward-hop + ult. I don't think it's worth the money though. -Runic Bulwark: see ![]() -Sunfire cape is my favorite defensive item. I get this always, also on assassin ![]() -Warmog's is very viable, because, you know, League of Warmog's! The HP-stacking meta is insane and this is it's primary item. I don't like the item a lot, because with BoTRK, an ADC can just shred you. I buy it to scare of the enemy, but really it's not that big of a deal when 2 enemies have BoTRK. |

This was my guide to

Hope you enjoyed it and have a nice day!
Special Thanks:
- Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find at here!
-xNiielz , the best

-schytpot , the most annoying

-webflodo , the fastest

-LiquicityJens , the biggest

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25th of April, 2013: changed 'i.e.
Dominus from
Renekton.' to 'i.e.:
Bloodlust from
Tryndamere.' under the summoner spell section.Thanks to DKittenfor pointing this out!
25th of April, 2013: changed all the "u's" into "you".Thanks to DKittenfor pointing this out!
25th of April, 2013: worked on some formatting, tried to use some Lee Sin line dividers. Let me know what you think of it.




25th of April, 2013: changed all the "u's" into "you".Thanks to DKittenfor pointing this out!
25th of April, 2013: worked on some formatting, tried to use some Lee Sin line dividers. Let me know what you think of it.
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