Darius vs Lee Sin
How to Beat Lee Sin as Darius
based on 3,996 Darius vs Lee Sin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Lee Sin
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Win Against Lee Sin
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
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.
Darius vs Lee Sin Counter Stats
How to Counter Lee Sin with Darius in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Darius versus Lee Sin matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..
Darius normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Lee Sin
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Who is Better, Darius or Lee Sin?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually wins when trying to fight Lee Sin, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a good counter to Lee Sin.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Lee Sin.
Additionally, Darius has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Lee Sin matchups, Darius is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Darius is a decent counter to Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Lee Sin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius in order to counter Lee Sin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius typically racks up much more CS as Lee Sin. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Darius versus Lee Sin build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Titanic Hydra. When Darius included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Lee Sin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Lee Sin with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Lee Sin as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Darius vs Lee Sin counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
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