Lee Sin vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Lee Sin
based on 919 Lee Sin vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Elise
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).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Win Against Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Lee Sin vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Lee Sin vs. Elise matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Elise’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Elise..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Elise. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Elise
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Elise?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Elise, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Elise.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Elise, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lee Sin into Elise.
Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Elise. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Elise matchups, Elise is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter for Elise. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Elise during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Elise. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Elise build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Elise than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Elise with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Elise as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Lee Sin vs Elise counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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