How to Play Lee Sin Support: Tips & Power Spikes (26.20)

Max order: Q > W > E
First item: Eclipse12.2 min
Gold vs lane at 15: +493
Win rate 1k gold ahead: 47.5%

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Lee Sin Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)

Support

When Lee Sin Support gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Lee Sin wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Lee Sin's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Lee Sin hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Lee Sin can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Lee Sin can start or win.
12.2 min
First item at 12.2 min
Eclipse is done — Lee Sin's first real damage or durability spike.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Lee Sin Support Laning Plan

Lee Sin is a lane bully: trade early and often, push the advantage, and turn the gold lead into the first item spike. On average Lee Sin Support is 493 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 65% of games. Lee Sin averages 0.27 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Lee Sin win rate by gold at 15

1,000+ gold ahead47.5%
Ahead47.9%
Behind28.2%

Lee Sin Mid and Late Game

What Lee Sin does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Lee Sin heals a lot (percentile 82): extended fights and sieges favor Lee Sin.
Lee Sin soaks damage well (percentile 76): stand between the enemy and your carries.
Lee Sin wins 13.5 points more in long games than short ones: avoid coin-flip fights early and let the game go long.

Mistakes to avoid

Lee Sin falls behind in CS (8/100): last-hit the waves you can, items still matter.
Lee Sin is not a damage carry (23/100): don't take fights expecting Lee Sin to win them alone.

Playing Lee Sin

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Playing Against Lee Sin

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

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How to Play Lee Sin FAQ - Patch 26.20

When does Lee Sin power spike?

Lee Sin's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 12.2 min.

Can Lee Sin come back from behind?

Lee Sin wins 28% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 39 games), against 48% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Lee Sin games, but it is not decisive.

What is Lee Sin's first item?

Most Lee Sin players finish Eclipse first, at a median of 12.2 minutes.

How do you play Lee Sin Support?

From this patch's ranked data, Lee Sin wins by playing to these strengths: take long fights and sieges; front-line for your carries; play for the late game.

Lee Sin How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes