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How to Win Lee Sin vs Vi Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Vi

How to Beat Vi as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Vi as Lee Sin

based on 3,144 Lee Sin vs Vi matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches each week. Within our database, Lee Sin fought Vi in 3144 rounds. Including so many matchups for Lee Sin versus Vi provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide informative data and a recommended build to annihilate your rival. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Lee Sin encounters Vi in only 2.7% of his matches.

Lee Sin vs Vi Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin has done a pathetic job of beating Vi. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.4% of games the champions battle each other in. In Lee Sin against Vi rounds, Lee Sin’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Vi.

Best Lee Sin vs Vi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelDeath's DanceEclipseProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lee Sin to level upq
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Second ability for Lee Sin to level upw
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Last skill for Lee Sin to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lee Sin's passive ability p
Lee Sin's q ability q
Lee Sin's w ability w
Lee Sin's e ability e
Lee Sin's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Vi as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Vi

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 Vi

Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.

A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.

Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.

Lee Sin vs Vi Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
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6.9
< Kills >
6.1
6.1
< Deaths >
6.1
8.2
< Assists >
7.9
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
34
< Minions Killed >
32
1.43
< Dragons Killed >
1.61
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.44
13,236
< Physical Damage >
16,045
2,613
< Magic Damage >
79
937
< True Damage >
835
16,787
< Damage Dealt >
16,961
35,251
< Damage Taken >
29,376
11,629
< Gold Earned >
11,545
1.37
< Towers >
1.4
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
16,542
< Total Healing >
11,205
13,034
< Experience >
13,328
25
< Vision Score >
23
11
< Wards Placed >
6
436
< Time Dealing CC >
286

How to Counter Vi with Lee Sin in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several significant Lee Sin against Vi matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vi..

Lee Sin typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Vi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lee Sin and Vi

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Vi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Vi

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Vi?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 46.4% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Vi.

While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Vi.

Furthermore, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Lee Sin is a bad counter to Vi. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Vi.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Vi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vi as Lee Sin, we analyzed 3,144 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Vi as Lee Sin comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Vi. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Lee Sin versus Vi build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Vi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 46.4% battling Vi with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Vi as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use 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 that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Vi counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.4% win rate overall.

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