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.
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Lee Sin vs. Sivir counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sivir..
Lee Sin typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Sivir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Sivir, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Sivir.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Sivir, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lee Sin into Sivir.
Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Sivir matchups, Sivir is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a bad counter to Sivir. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Sivir.
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin typically gets a lot less CS compared to Sivir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Sivir build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Sivir than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Sivir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Sivir as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Sivir LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
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