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

Lee Sin vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Xayah as Lee Sin

based on 1,710 Lee Sin vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.58
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each week. In our database, Lee Sin faced Xayah in 1710 matches. Having so many games with Lee Sin vs Xayah provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a supported build to wreck your opposition. This matchup is fairly rare. Lee Sin has to counter Xayah in only 1.5% of his matches.

Lee Sin vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Lee Sin does a decent job of beating Xayah. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Lee Sin versus Xayah rounds, Lee Sin’s side is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Xayah.

Best Lee Sin vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageProfane HydraExperimental HexplateSpear of Shojin

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 ForceArmor
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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Guide to Countering Xayah as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Lee Sin vs Xayah Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Xayah Image
7.1
< Kills >
6.4
5.9
< Deaths >
6
8.1
< Assists >
6.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
36
< Minions Killed >
184
1.52
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.51
13,380
< Physical Damage >
19,966
2,734
< Magic Damage >
402
980
< True Damage >
377
17,095
< Damage Dealt >
20,746
35,159
< Damage Taken >
20,201
11,758
< Gold Earned >
12,023
1.48
< Towers >
2.42
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
16,816
< Total Healing >
4,757
13,249
< Experience >
12,650
25
< Vision Score >
19
11
< Wards Placed >
9
438
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Counter Xayah with Lee Sin in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Lee Sin against Xayah matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..

Lee Sin typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xayah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Lee Sin and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Xayah

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Xayah?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a good counter to Xayah.

While Lee Sin does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Xayah.

Furthermore, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Xayah matchups, Lee Sin is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Lee Sin is a decent counter to Xayah. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Xayah.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Lee Sin, we analyzed 1,710 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 Xayah 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 truly master Lee Sin to counter Xayah 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Xayah. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Xayah build consist of Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Xayah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Xayah with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of beating Xayah as Lee Sin, you 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 chose for Lee Sin vs Xayah LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xayah as Lee Sin are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.