Lee Sin Build Guide : Find your center - Top lane Lee Sin *Fully Updated*

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Introduction

This is my first guide so i don't know how to do all that fancy stuff that people know how to do. What i do know however is Lee sin. is a melee bruiser who has an extremely strong early game. He is also a incredibly fun champion to play whom pretty much never gets old no matter how many times you play him. He has no hard counters, is viable in high level play, and has incredible mobility. Lets get started shall we?

Why top lane over jungle?

has a super strong early game and a weak late game. It would be dumb not to abuse that. Top lane gives him more gold and more of a chance to abuse this early game. The reason i don't like him in the jungle is because if fails at a gank or two he will generaly fall behind, and when falls behind he doesn't exactly catch back up. Pretty much wasting his strong early game. Not only that but can beat pretty much any champion on top when you get good at him.

Pro's/Con's To Lee Sin

Pros
Extremely fun to play
High Skill Cap
Just an overall cool Character
Viable at high level play
Countered by none
High Mobility
Just unbeatable when mastered

Cons
High Skill Cap
Q is Unreliable
Weak late game
Transitions into a peeler late game (Peeling is the act of removing a enemy off a teammate with slows, stun, and knock backs.)
Gets banned in ranked or picked first quite a bit.

Runes

3 You want the strongest early game possible and these runes will boost that significantly.

9 To raise your early game damage as well.

9 When you top lane your most likely going to fight and AD champion. Taking armor seals will improve your survivability against these champions significantly.

9 If your not fighting an AP top these are the better choice as they scale into late game better.

OR

9 If you know your going up against an AP top lane champ (Ie: ) it is better to take these as they offer more early game Magic Resist.

Masterys

can go either very defensively or very offensively. It comes down to play style when choosing as more aggressive laners and players go for a more offensive build. I recommend new players to Lee use the defensive tree until they are used to him then make the switch. Note that the reason i don't explain certain masteries is because they are usually self explainable.

Defense

Personally this is my favorite way to play . The meta has since shifted away from offensive and is now in favor of defense.

- What makes this so great is because of how effective it is. Not only that but its in the first line of the defensive tree which makes it a must own basically.

- I know what you're thinking. "Why only one point in these??". Well, its not efficient to put more than 1 point into these masteries. Putting more points into these give you 2 armor/magic res which just isn't worth it.

- This is a given. When your building defensively its to take less damage. Since this reduces damage its a must grab.

- The main reason for taking this is because tenacity can't stop the effectiveness of slows. It only makes them dissipate quicker, and with champions like in the current meta, you need slows to not completely stop you.

- This is a weird one. Its what i like to call a one point wonder. Overall its not the most effective mastery in the tree, however it can really come in handy early on, and like i said, its only one point for quite a decent effect.

- Basically the same as just more effective.

- I get questioned on this one all the time. Its another one point wonder. I mean its just one point and you get 5 more armor/MR in a team fight which is more than and . Basically theirs no reason not to get it.

- Have you ever been playing a really long game and just lost a teamfight but one of your teammates survived and for 60 seconds you have to watch as he tries to defend the entire base himself or prevent baron by himself? Well that's what this is for. It won't stop you from watching that but you will be able to assist him quicker.

Offense

I don't like doing this on , however its still viable by all means and you can still use these masteries to deny a lane then build defensively anyways.

- A one point wonder. Plus when there's no real good options in the offense tree this can be used to get to the next line. Its pretty descent, however be careful when using this because if a smart opponent realizes you have 5 AP for no reason he'll deduce that your ignite is down.

- is not a champion who builds for crit. So he needs anything that will beef up his damage, even if its just a little bit.

- This will help your lane phase a lot. It will make last hitting and killing your lane opponent much easier. The difference is actually notable when you don't have it and when you do. You'll like the extra lane power that this offers.

- Armor pen is one of the most useful stats in the game, however its not the greatest to rune for it because you lose out on a stronger early game. That is why its important to take it anywhere else you can.

Summoner Spells

Highly Recommended

I find flash to be the most helpful out of all the summoner spells. It helps you get away from ganks better when you don't have wards to jump too. You can also use it to flash behind the enemy team and kick there AD carry into your team. Very Useful Summoner.

Ignite is very helpful in lane. It's great for people who heal way to much since it reduces healing. Whether finishing a enemy under turret or just add damage to a fight its helpful to secure kills.

This is one of the best summoners in the game because of the amount of utility is offers. If you are more about your team than your laning phase then by all means take this over . You'll be much more useful out of lane with it. Not to mention you can turn arounds ganks and make other lanes easier with it as well.

OK Summoner's

If you don't want to take flash this is your second best option. I really don't find this better though, it limits your pretty badly but you can use it to chase an enemy and feed them more auto attacks.

Normally you're support will be carrying this making it not as useful to take. If you know that you're lane opponent is using it would be better to take this over

I honestly don't find this very viable anymore since the nerf. I guess its good for baiting people for tower dives but will barely lose lane to that extent anyways.

Summoner's you should not touch

does not use mana

Is not a support

Not even a spell anymore.

Skill Breakdown

One thing to know about is that, you will never max the same skill. In order to prevail against all enemies you will max different skills based on what the match up is and what your enemy is building.

(Innate): After Lee Sin uses an ability, his next 2 auto attacks within 3 seconds gain 40% attack speed and return 15 energy each.

This passive is absolutely amazing. It will increase s damage output by practically double. With this passive you should never really spam your abilities unless you absolutely have to for the situation your in. If you space your abilities out you will see a higher damage output

(Active): Lee Sin shoots a wave of sound in a line, dealing physical damage to the first enemy it encounters and revealing it for 3 seconds. If Sonic Wave hits, Lee Sin can cast Resonating Strike within the next 3 seconds.
Cost: 50 energy
Range: 975
When Q is pressed again. (Active): Lee Sin dashes to the enemy revealed by Sonic Wave, dealing a base amount of damage plus 8% of their missing health as physical damage. Monsters take a maximum of 400 damage.
Cost: 30 energy
Range: 1100

This is 's trademark ability. This is what hes known for. It is possibly the strongest early game ability there is, although it can be unreliable and experienced players will know how to dodge it. Max this first in lane when your fighting someone relatively squishy. (Ie:)

(Active): Lee Sin rushes towards a target ally, shielding them both from damage for the next 5 seconds. If the shield is broken, half of the cast energy will return to Lee Sin. After using Safeguard, Lee Sin can cast Iron Will for the next 3 seconds.
Cost: 50 energy
Cooldown: 9 seconds
Range: 700
When W is pressed again.(Active): For the next 5 seconds, Lee Sin gains bonus lifesteal, spell vamp, and armor.
Cost: 30 energy

This ability when maxed will make you impossible to move in lane. This ability synergizes well with life steal items like a and Max this first when the enemy your facing has high amounts of harass. (Ie: ) Not only that but this ability can also be used to jump to near wards or even friendly s.

(Active): Lee Sin smashes the ground dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies and revealing them for 4 seconds. If Tempest hits an enemy, Lee Sin can cast Cripple within the next 3 seconds.
Cost: 50 energy
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Diameter of AoE: 350
When E is pressed again. (Active): Lee Sin cripples all enemies revealed by Tempest reducing their movement and attack speed. The movement and attack speed recover over 4 seconds.
Range: 500
Cost: 30 energy

I honestly love maxing this in lane first. Its great harass and pretty hard to dodge since its not a skill shot. Since it does magic damage but scales with AD its great to max agaisnt high armor laners. The only problem to maxing this first is that you push the lane with it pretty hard. Max this first against armor stackers. (Ie: )

(Active): Lee Sin performs a powerful roundhouse kick, dealing physical damage to the target and knocking them back. Enemies the target collides with take the same amount of physical damage and are briefly knocked into the air.
No cost
Range: 375
Knockback distance: 1200

A great ultimate. It combines very nicely with his . You then to do some heavy burst damage, then use the second part of to close the gap. Its very strong. This combo is effective against burst prone champions. (Ie: ) One note: When fighting save this combo for when he is almost dead because when reaches low health he enters what i like to call "Man Mode" with his passive and becomes hard to kill. Using this combo will finish him off without him life stealing all his health back.

Knowing Your Mechanic's

Is great at many things. He is an excellent team player. He can Peel enemy champions off his ally's and can also start fights if needed as well.

Using this you can slow enemy's off your team mates. This will let your carries live longer, position better, and do more damage in team fights. This is also works with the active of and

This is a better form of peel then . Instead of a slow, your completely pushing someone away which can be followed by your

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Escaping

Your abilities can be used just as defensively as they are used offensively. For example lets pretend your playing and your being chased through your jungle by an enemy team. You can run behind the golem spawn, Q the golem, then run away.
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Items

Should never follow a item build because he should always be building situational for what hes facing and what is on his team. If your jungler and support are tanky (ie: and ) You can go with a more damage build, but if your jungle is say and your support is you may want to build more tanky as these champs are generally squishy.

Reccomended

These are very situational now. If you need more offense but don't have enough for a then it would be in your best interest to take one or two of these.

Build these if your facing an AD champion. (ie: , ) They will help significantly reduce the amount of damage your taking. In fact, in my opinion, these are insanely overpowered for the cost and effectiveness they provide. You generaly will want to trade these for later on in the game though.

Build these if you are against an AP champion. (Ie: , ). These are also the best late game boots due to the tenacity buff which will help a lot in team fights. Unless the enemy team has no CC or is comprised of five AD champions you will 99.9% of time be getting these for late game.

- Health is very important in the new meta. This item got a lot better in season 3 and the fact that it gives a set amount of health and doesn't require a charge up makes it even better.

This is another item that i would only build if i needed help in lane. Its low cost makes it better to pick up when laning then but all in all its not very good outside of lane so when your done laning i would suggest selling right away for a better item, unless you plan on getting a later on.

Another situational item but its still pretty good overall. If you're team really lacks slows and you need more health (which is a great stat in season 3) bye all means buy this item.

If your ahead or just laning well then this item should be your first buy. It offers a lot of damage and great sustain in lane. It also makes very hard to 1v1 making trading easier.

If you want to do damage late game, this item is a must have. You don't really need it mid game and early game as doesn't make his transition till about 16 if your doing well. 14 if your not doing so well. I would not buy this if your jungler is building like a carry. You'll need more defense so only build this when you have a tankier jungle.

This is probaly one of, if not the best armor item in the game. It adds health, armor, and a great active ability. If your team is in need of a tank, then absolutely consider this. Not to mention, this makes initiating with all that much easier.

This is another item i would pretty much consider core on . If pretty much makes him tankier and gives him a second chance. Late game when you become a peeler you have to protect your AD carry. If you die then you won't be able to protect him anymore. With a second chance you can come back and peel more champs off him, or just flat out kill people if your going for more of a damage threat.

This item is just amazing. It gives you the quicksilver sash effect while still giving more magic resist and AD then . This an item I consider core on damage .

This item is good if your maxing your first. The armor pen will help increase your damage to its full potential. If your maxing your though, don't get this because your tempest is magic damage. This item is good for snowballing quickly. If you're not super ahead when you back then this should be considered as your first item.

It gives one of the best stat combinations in the game at a pretty low cost. If you need to be tankier for lane phase this should be considered for you're first item.

Has since been nerfed to the ground but is still pretty good in general. The passive will make you do alright damage even if you're a hardcore tank. Also is an insanely awesome lane item.

With the recipe change to this item its a great pick up for laning and during mid and late game you can build it into which is a very powerful item.

This item has also been nerfed into the ground like but is still useful. One of its primary use's is its passive. You can go full tank and shred the armor of people for your main damage dealers to kill which is a great tactic to use it for. Not to mention it gives health so it also makes you tankier however i would not consider this for a offensive build.

- This item is overshadowed by its counterpart , however it has its own little niche. When you're building full tank this item is a better grab then because you'll last a lot longer and will gain more AD eventually, and since you won't die to quick you'll actually get to utilize it.

- I have been seeing this item a lot lately and at first i thought it was pretty silly on but then i decided to try it. Its really excellent as a first item. It gives the most base AD in the game and allows you to farm and split push better early on. Its also great for skirmishing, and with the lifesteal its very hard to force you out of lane with this item.

Items I don't recommend

It only gives one stat and that's armor. will give you enough armor plus a bunch of other stats that are great on . This item is really meant for a main tank like

This is not a bad item. It is a bad item however, for . Magic resist from works just fine and you have no need for mana.

Another item that isn't bad, but it is bad on . is a much better choice because of all the mana on this item. You do want some one on your team, however, to pick this item up as the aura is incredible.

This item was reworked to be used only for the jungle basically. It used to be one of top 's main items but is basically done with laning. Don't use it.

When they nerfed this it kinda got destroyed. You really don't see this on any champ anymore. It used to be a pretty darn decent item but the nerf killed it really.

This item is not bad at all, but should not ever build for crit. If he has it then its a luxary but Lee needs to be more of a bruiser and there aren't enough viable bruiser crit items for him to be building. That AND a Half stacked gives equal AD with a full one giving 20 more AD.

Overpriced. Overnerfed. Done.

I put this item here for a few reasons. The first reason is with all the new AD items this seems pretty inviable too now. Reason number two is that just seems to be a completely better item than this.

Wait.....they removed this....didn't they...well it was a good item while it lasted but Riot likes to take away every good item we like. R.I.P. (( R.I.P. as well)

Early Game

You should star and five 's because there's no other good starts other than that anymore. If you are on the blue team side, help your jungle with blue (if he starts blue). Get it down to just a little above half health and then run away so you don't steal exp away from your jungle. If you are on purple team side, guard your jungle's red so the other team doesn't try to steal it. Once in lane focus more on farming then harassing. If you see an opening where you can run up to your enemy and or go for it, but remember farming is priority number 1. Sight ward are extremely important, not only do they help you with ganks but they also allow to jump over walls by placing a Sight ward over it then ing to it. You really always want a spare sight ward. If your having trouble with your lane match up call for a jungle gank. Your next B you should pick up either or for defense, or or for offense.

Last Hitting

If you know what last hitting is then feel free to skip over this segment. Last hitting is when you wait for a minion to get low health and once it does you run up to it and hit it for the last hit of its health pool. This is the best way to farm as auto attacking minions will sometimes have them killed by your own minions and this is not good. The more minion kills, the more gold you get and the more gold you get, the more items and sight wards you can get.

Mid Game

You haven't hit your transition yet so you'll still be doing pretty good damage at this point especially if you got a few kills during your lane phase. You also should have a few power items bye now as well.( or depending on how your building.) If your doing great in lane with something around 4 kills and beating your whole team in CS then feel free to give your jungle top lane for a bit. Jungles with often fall behind with only jungle CS so it really helps them catch back up. If you do, do this go out and help the lanes if they're in need for ganks. is an extremely strong gank ultimate if you are able to knock the enemy away from his turret. If your not doing to well in your lane then keep farming it and call for jungle ganks so you can get some kills to bring up your gold a bit. This is also the time when your team will start going for objectives like Dragon. If you B and your team wants to kill dragon, instead of going top, go to mid and help them with it. If you are top and they decide to get dragon, don't bother going down, you'll never get there in time. If a teamfight erupts at dragon and your not there for it, push your lane and try as hard as you can to get a tower. That way if something horrible happens and your team gets destroyed at dragon you still got a turret and hopefully the dragon as well making it semi-worth it.

Late game

By now you have probably hit your transition. Your damage is now a bit lacking. This is when teamfights start happening. Do not stay top when your level 16 or higher. Instead follow your team and be there with them. If you stay top the other team will most likely come and gang up on you and kill you pretty easily. Now in teamfights in late game, you should not be the one initiating them unless you are the tankiest member on your team. Instead during a teamfight stay by your AD carry and peel (remove targets off of) him. Use and to do this. If you have acquired you should also use this to help peel threats off your AD carry. will also help with this quite a bit. The longer your carry stays alive for, the better your chances of winning the teamfight are. This is also the point in the game where Baron Nashor is the most important factor. Always have Baron warded. Its not just the supports job to ward, its a team effort and your part of the team. instead of a sight ward you may want to grab a so you can clear the enemy teams wards at baron. Now if your team is ahead you may want to force a fight at Baron and try to wipe the enemy out then secure Baron for your team, or you can try to catch one member of the enemy team out of position, kill him, then go for Baron when its 4v5. If you get Baron use it to siege down the enemies base and try to win with it. It won't always happen like this, but this is generally how a game will go.

Lane Matchups and Strategies

Some lane match ups Vs common enemies. EVEN THOUGH I SAY TO MAX A CERTAIN ABILITY, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE TAKING Dragon's Rage AT 6, 11, and 16!!!!!

I'll be adding videos as i face them and fraps them. (I sadly do not own a mic. Hopefully by watching them you guys can get an idea of what to do when versing an enemy you are unfamiliar with.)

Difficulty 1/5

Max your Vs this lane.

Whenever she s run into the middle of the shroud and . This will reveal her. Another alternative to this is to buy a pink ward and place it in the shroud when you're all-inning her.

Buying when facing will help significantly.

Not really much else to say, pretty much counters .

*Actual strategy coming soon*
Well Here's my best guess but keep in mind this is theorizing. I have not ever faced this match up. He seems to have a weak early game. Do you best to zone him as much as possible so he can't benefit from his sustain. If he chooses to fight you, you should win because in order to do more significant damage he needs to kill himself, which should give you the edge. I would max Q first, build if doing well, or if I'm not doing so well.

Difficulty 0.5/5

Max your / depending on preference or what hes building.

This lane is honestly extremely boring. You won't ever really kill him because he's pretty much just a farmer. He won't ever engage on to you unless there jungle is nearby.

Careful of being baited if/when you get him to low health on his turret. It hurts.

Difficulty 2.5/5

Max your Against this guy.

will use as his main form of harass. Try to dodge one and punish him for it but be careful as it does more damage if the blade hits you.

Early will help sustain vs .

A and a Will help keep his damage in line and he won't be as bursty.

Difficulty 1/5

Max your Vs's her.

An early / Will take a toll on her damage.

Be careful for Harass. It's dodgeable by going straight to the left or straight to the right depending on what side is on.

If she tries to fight you in your minions two things will happen. A jungler will fly out of nowhere, or your going to beat the living hell out of her in a 1v1.

If she is spamming she will run out of mana very quickly. Once she does take full advantage of this.

Difficulty 2/5

Max your vs him. (if your confident on your abilities to dodge cleavers then feel free to max .)

This guy really isn't a top laner and he's extremely easy to gank so if you having problems with him, call your jungle over.

You beat him early game with damage, and with a maxed you can just regen all of the damage his 's are doing.

will help significantly to take all the damage he's doing.

Difficulty 2/5

A lot of people seem to have trouble with this one. If you feel confident enough max Q. If you don't feel confident enough max W.

Early / works wonders against her if you having a tough time.

Her early damage is pretty pathetic and she is also quite squishy so try to take advantage of that.

Try your hardest to hit level 2 before her and all in with Q and E if you started Q, however if you started W, try to hit level 3 before her then all in.

Try to Eat her 's with your .

Difficulty 3.5/5

I was completely wrong about this match up so I'm re writing it. is actually not an easy lane at all for

Max your vs her.

will play very passivly against you. She will farm on her turret because its incredibly easy for her. She will also wait for jungle ganks before engaging you. A good fiora knows that she will out scale you eventually which is the sad truth. The true key to winning this fight is not doing anything stupid, not pushing the lane uncontrollably, and not letting her farm on her turret. DO NOT use your unless she engages you as it will push lane and give exactly what she wants.

When she uses quickly double tap and you will completely cripple her damage. (literally)

She has no escapes. If you need help with this lane, ask your jungle to camp top and she'll be easy enough to kill a few times.

If she uses try to to the minion closet to your turret.

Be very careful, if shes farming on her turret and not making any attempts to mess with you at all, a jungler may just be on his way.

Difficulty 3/5

Max your against him.

You can really abuse the fact that he's melee by bullying him around until he calls for a jungle gank.

By no means can 1v1 you unless you fight him in his minions so don't be afraid to skirmish with him.

An early will help significantly.

Wait until he's out of your character model to him if he Q's into you.

Difficulty 1/5

With the recent buffs received to his I've started seeing him more and more but he Isn't a problem.

Now there's two kinds of s. One will shoot you with everytime its up, and the other will just farm away and completely ignore you. If your dealing with the first one (figure it out by level 3) then max . If your dealing with the second one, max either or

If hes being very aggressive against you then he's pretty much giving you the lane. early game is pretty terrible and you'll be able to beat the hell out of him.

If he uses for your and your level six, try to flash infront of him and kick him away from his turret.

Don't even worry about harass. Your sustain will keep you at full health or close and will run out of mana sooner or later.

Difficulty 3.5/5

I hate this guy so much, but with the recent early game nerf and the late game buff he's now a lot easier to deal with. Never underestimate him though. Max your / first based on preference and play style. (Ie: if your being more of a team player max so you have health to teleport gank with.)

Armor completely shuts down . An early will be hell for him.

Once you get / or both the lane gets very easy for you. Just farm and when ever he tries to harass you with try to double tap before it to block a good portion of his damage. (if you press Alt-W it will instantly activate on yourself. You then just have to press W again.)

difficulty 4/5
Max your vs her.

Shes very powerful and has a lot of sustain, but early game (I mean levels 1, 2, and 3) you completely crush her in damage. Try to abuse that.

When ever she uses double tap to slow her down. Then proceed to combo her as normal. You should never really fight her 1v1, just go through your full combo then to a minion.

If you're having trouble with her an early will dissolve her damage.

Difficulty 2.5/5

Max your for this guy.

Be very careful of his , , and Auto attack passive combo. It does a lot of damage early game.

If he's using to harass you can just sustain through it.

Be very careful of jungle ganks with and always keep a sight ward on you at level 6. His will make you an easy target for a 2v1 if you aren't able to put a ward out of his ult then to it.

Difficulty 4/5

Max your .

When uses you can double tap to reduce the amount of damage he will do during stun.

A normal jax will build rather quickly so be careful for jungle ganks.

You should not have a problem with him Pre-level 8, but then he starts getting a lot stronger so try to shut him down early.

will help kill this guy easily because of his high mobility.

difficulty 2/5

Max your first, or if you're not comfortable in your ability then max instead.

Try your hardest to farm through his auto attacks using to block some of the damage.

Be careful about his and (cannon) combo. When he gets 2 's it starts hurting a lot.

Also be careful of his , it hurts the most out of all his skills, and he can harass with it. If he does try to harass with it, try to him then follow him after the knock back and punish him for it.

If you manage to kill him once, getting a will make his damage non-existent.

Difficulty 1.5/5

Max your vs this guy.

If he tries to you, that leaves him open for your so pay close attention to his movements.

If you land your on him, he will most likely away unless he has a death wish. So when you get to him double tap as quickly as you can. And yes this will leave you out of energy so just auto him twice and walk away. When walking away juke back and forth to dodge his that he will most likely throw.

is nice vs if you are having trouble with him. is a great option to kill him with because hes hard to catch with his E and this will slow him down to a reasonable amount.

Difficulty 2.5/5

Max your first.

If he uses his to engage on you, punish him with combos.

Try to fight him in your minions as will do less damage.

Careful if he goes stealth, a jungle gank may be approaching.

will help with this lane.

If your going to gank him, do it early. If and once he takes the evolve on his its almost impossible to get this guy.

Difficulty 1/5

People say this guy counters every AD champ on top. Well they are quite mis-informed. Max your against the rock.

He has an extremely weak early game. His 's will do very little to you even if he max's it and even less if you can it. You will outsustain him unless hes fed.

stacks armor to do more damage, which is why its a good thing that does magic damage. You will be able to a lot of damage to him early on but as the fight goes on, you will see an enormous damage drop. When this happens just him constantly to try and widdle him down.

There is one problem to what i said above this. ing over and over will push your lane pretty damn hard. This will leave you open to ganks. His is one of the strongest ultimates in the game. So becareful when he randomly does that and a jungler comes out of nowhere. Map awareness vs this lane will help significantly.

Difficulty 3/5

I actually find this guy quite tough. He has annoying harass and with that shield he's very tanky. Max against him.

Most will purchase a at some point throughout the match up. If he does that and buy's max your second.

Early game you will out sustain his pretty easily and he'll wind up killing himself too. Abuse his terrible early game as much as you can and aim to all him bye level 2 or 3.

If he uses his ultimate, , Do NOT fight him unless he's at 20% health and your at 100%.

Difficulty 0.1/5

This is the most boring lane in the game. You will never die to him, but with the way most play, you'll never kill him either. This will be a lot like the earlier match up.

Max your vs this guy.

You out sustain him heavily so he will be pushed onto his turret most of the time. If he suddenly starts running at you, a jungler is nearby and his is one of the strongest slows in this game.

If he's stacking a lot of armor which he might do to farm the lane better, max your .

Try to deny his farm as much as you can. He's a late game monster and will dominate every thing with a farmed up .

Difficulty 2.5/5

Max your
In this new meta, every ever is ap now. Try to all in her bye level 1 or 2 and you will win lane easily. This is a match up where its ok to start

An early / will help kill her easily.

If you're having trouble sustaining against her autos then put and extra point in at some point.

Be very careful of her form. It's burst is very deceiving.

Difficulty 1.5/5

He's a very annoying champ. Max your , but if your more confident in your abilities then max first.

If he 's you, punish him for it by comboing him.

If he uses do not try and fight him. Do your best to kite it out.

Your will shut down his passive for the most part but if hes life stealing it all back, refer to the QRQ combo video under the skill in skill breakdown. It will burst him before he can life steal anything.

You can use to dodge but if your maxing it, its better to just try and dodge them yourself.

Try to built some health at some point so his E does not one shot you.

Difficulty 1.5/5

I use to think was a counter to . Hes not. Max your first.

This lane is incredibly easy. You out sustain his spears pretty easily. If you see him running up to you yourself or a minion and negate a good chunk of its damage. Though if you do this a lot a smart will start baiting your before throwing a

Warn your team when he is level 6. He can use his ultimate to gank other lanes.

Do not stay in lane if your health is 15% or lower. He gets automatic critical's on you from his passive.

completely shuts his damage down.

Difficulty 1/5

Never EVER under estimate this champion. Max your vs this tiny thing.

Do not stand next to walls. will stun you if you do. Otherwise it just push's you away from her. (If she charges you and does not hit a wall, punish her for it.)

Be an overall bully against her.

I would recommend saving your gold to buy instead of . She's not really an early game threat so there is no need for it.

Do not stay in lane with low health. Her ultimate, is possibly the strongest diveing ult there is.

Difficulty 4/5

Max your first against this angry croc.

His early game damage is very high. Don't start anything with him until you have a few points in your .

Always try to double tap when he charges into you.

Be careful of diving him with his ultimate, , it makes him hella strong.

Getting an early will cripple his damage.

Difficulty 3/5

With the new buff that this guy didn't need, i finally have enough info to put a difficulty on this guy.

Max your first.

If he pounces on you from a bush, double tap and try to fight him.

If he uses his ultimate, , right in front of you, try to catch him with a to reveal him.

will make him do next to nothing. Always try to fight him when he has 3 ferocity or less.

Difficulty 3/5

Max against the exile.

will normaly build 's but before that she will have no sustain. Abuse that.

Try to double tap if shes about to burst you, after burst give her a taste of your own abilities then lifesteal all your health back.

will help this lane a lot.

If she dash's toward you, she's going to try and stun and combo you. To avoid this try to to a minion to get away from the stun. If you do this successfully try to combo her since her stun is down.

Difficulty 2/5

The nerfs to rumble only made this lane easier. He never beat to begin with. has a far stronger early game. Max your .

If he tries to bully you with , wait till he pass's your minions then hit him with a and burst him. If he does not pass your minions which a good won't then iron will to the one closest to him and combo him.

and an early work nicely.

If he randomly uses his ultimate, Know that a gank is a coming from the jungler.

Never sit in s ultimate , it can turn the tide of a fight easily.

Difficulty 3/5

Max your / depending on what you feel more comfortable with.

He's very hard to kill in lane later on but hes weak pre-level 7. Starting is definitely an option.

Warn your team when he reaches level 6. He will start looking for people to use his ultimate, on. If he does use his ultimate in lane try to help your team by ing it to stop him from teleporting. It will not stop the shield however though. If he does teleport try to push as much as you can.

Be careful of his taunt, , its extremely strong for when a jungle is ganking you.

and will help more than anything else in this lane. will also help.

Difficulty 4/5

Max your tempest first.

Do not let just run around you with if he gets close to you, burst him but do not chase him.

Shut him down as quickly as you can. He will get VERY tanky!

If you know your fighting a singed try to get a very disruptive jungle like or .

Starting is the best option in my opinion as if he tries to run around you to farm early you will basically kill him for it.

Difficulty 1/5

Max your against .

You should be able to destroy him with double s. Hes fairly weak before he gets his ultimate and you can really abuse that.

If he goes for a try to to the minion closest to him and punish/kill him.

His ultimate, , is very strong, BUT you can still easily burst him down pre-level 9. Thats when it starts to get stronger.

If Uses his ultimate to sustain in lane, try to abuse him the second it ends.

is definitely the best option against this guy. Note that if you don't kill him early on this lane will not be easy.

Difficulty 1/5

Max your .

Armor shuts down pretty hard. will work perfectly.

If you don't feel confident fighting talon, rush . It will make laning vs him much easier.

If your beating in a fight he will most likely use his ultimate, to run away. Try to him the second he does it.

Difficulty 2/5

Max your first. Its just way to hard to hit this guy with .

You generally out sustain him. If he tries blinding you with his when your last hitting then use or to get it. If you use and hit HIM with it, jump on him and try to get an early advantage.

If your gonna call your jungle over to gank him, try to do he before he receives his ultimate . It makes him annoyingly hard to gank.

will work well vs him.

Difficulty 1/5

This lane match up is quite like s except its MUCH easier. Max your unless hes stacking armor. If hes stacking armor max

Try to bully him so he has to use his rage to heal with .

If he has full rage it may not be wise to engage on him.

If you engage on him double tap and you will most likely win the fight.

is overkill against him.

Difficulty 5/5

This is probaly the hardest lane for to deal with. Max your against him.

s does magic damage, so if you know your vs'ing him, use flat Magic Resist runes instead of per level ones.

are a must have against him.

Try to beat him early. If you get an edge on him then this lane will be A LOT easier.

I've found that having can work vs him to reduce his initial damage, but this leave you open to his auto's after it. Also will help you a lot as well.

is pretty easy to gank early on.

Difficulty 1/5

This lane is not hard but can be tricky. Max first.

Her early game is pretty weak from what I've seen so far. just absolutely stomps her.

Try not to stand in front or behind your minions. Her can hit you for basically free damage.

If she 's toward you, combo her with and and you'll just about always out damage her. If she tries to stand there and fight you, bring her into your minions and kill her. Honestly you don't even need the minions.

is great for this lane if your having a tough time with it.

Difficulty 2.5/5

Normally won't stack armor so you can max your . If he is stacking armor max . If you feel hes poking you for way to much damage feel free to max .

has a pretty weak early game. Try to abuse that.

If he's using his to harass you (its the one that hurts him to use) try to land your on him and go for a kill.

works nicely.

Difficulty 3/5

Your is a must for this lane. Max it first.

Hes an auto attack champ. If he tries to fight you, double tap so it takes a while for him to build up his .

Careful for jungle ganks. will use his and throw you back making it much easier to kill you.

Don't fight him when his passive, , is up or your is down.

Difficulty 2/5

Max first.

He's weak from levels 1, 2, and 3 so starting can really mess with him.

Don't let him use his on you to much. It does significant damage early game.

If you fight him straight up, double tap to negate a good portion of his damage and sustain.

Careful for when he hits level 6. His ultimate, , combined with a jungler is almost a guaranteed kill on you.

Difficulty 1/5

Max your against him.

and 3 points in and this monkey won't be able to do anything to you.

If he use's to harass you, the second he does it so he can't stealth out.

Careful for his ultimate, its very strong and can set up ganks well.

If you see him stand in one place for a few seconds he might of just used his and is trying to set you up for something.

Difficulty 1/5

The new buffs for has made him a very viable champion now, but that doesn't mean hes strong in top lane. Max your against him.

If he trys to engage on you, double tap your and you will pretty much win the fight. The only form of harass he has is a all-in ability . If he uses it, combo him.

works very nicely against him.

Difficulty 4.5/5

A hard lane for pretty much all top laners. Max your against him.

Use your to heal off his ghouls.

This will be a hard match up early on but if your confident try purchasing a first and go for a kill early.

Call for jungle ganks early.

If you kill him early you will pretty much keep killing him.

Difficulty 1/5

Max you're first.

is a pretty annoying champion to deal with simply because of all his regen, however he is EXTREMELY weak levels 1, 2, 3,and 4. Apply as much pressure as you possibly can.

If you're confident try starting against him.

If you see him starting his try to to a minion the second he launches to get away from it. does a ton of damage if it hits.

Try to not use any summoner's popping his passive . Its pretty much a waste.

If you pop and do not have much health after the engagement, don't try to force killing him, just leave unless you absolutely know you can finish it.

Difficulty 1/5

Max your first.

This guys is a rather strong form of harass, although it is weak if he has not used to boost it. You can generally ignore it if he just throws 1 at you early game but it starts getting strong at level 4 so be careful.

Try to all in before he gets his . Most s will get it at level 3. He is very vulnerable until then.

If you are having trouble in this lane, a early and will absolutely help.

When uses try your best to get away from him until his delayed explosion effect happens. This will limit his ultimate VERY much and make his damage very low.

Summary

Well...that's about it.

If you feel i have made a mistake somewhere feel free to point it out and ill give it another look.

Thanks for reading my guide on .

If anyone notices spelling mistakes or broken coding please tell me. I typed this extremely late at night so its bound to be wrong in places.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS GUIDE NUMERO UNO!! i honestly didn't think it would become as popular as it has thanks a lot.

About the Author

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I'm just some random silver 5 (capable of Gold but i don't want to put in the effort) top laner who trolls around a lot. My preferences are assassin type top laners even though they have kind of went out of style. My favorite champs in the Top lane are Fiora, Riven, And of course Lee Sin.

Why should you follow a word this guide says? Try it for yourself and hopefully that will answer that question ^.^.

Find your center - Top lane Lee Sin Fully Updated

Find your center - Top lane Lee Sin Fully Updated

Spells:

Flash

Teleport

Items

Ability Order

Flurry (PASSIVE)

Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike (Q)

Safeguard / Iron Will (W)

Tempest / Cripple (E)

Dragon's Rage (R)

Changelog

Introduction

Why top lane over jungle?

Pro's/Con's To Lee Sin

Runes

Masterys

Defense

Offense

Summoner Spells

Highly Recommended

OK Summoner's

Summoner's you should not touch

Skill Breakdown

Knowing Your Mechanic's

Escaping

Items

Reccomended

Items I don't recommend

Early Game

Last Hitting

Mid Game

Late game

Lane Matchups and Strategies

Summary

About the Author

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