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Lee Sin with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Lee Sin and Illaoi

based on 1,815 Lee Sin with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Lee Sin has fought alongside Illaoi in 1815 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much great data from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Lee Sin synergize with Illaoi. It is relatively rare for Lee Sin to play alongside Illaoi on the same team. This has only taken place in approximately 1.6% of games with Lee Sin.

Lee Sin Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin does a poor job of fighting on the same side as Illaoi. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.5% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Lee Sin when fighting on the same team as Illaoi by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Lee Sin vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageRavenous HydraProfane HydraEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lee Sin to level upq
>
Second ability for Lee Sin to level upw
>
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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Lee Sin and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin with Illaoi

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 Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Lee Sin Illaoi Synergy Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Illaoi Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.1
6
< Deaths >
6.1
7.6
< Assists >
8.1
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
29
< Minions Killed >
34
1.6
< Dragons Killed >
1.47
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.42
12,649
< Physical Damage >
13,496
2,650
< Magic Damage >
2,749
963
< True Damage >
980
16,263
< Damage Dealt >
17,226
35,674
< Damage Taken >
35,418
11,621
< Gold Earned >
11,722
1.33
< Towers >
1.36
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
17,191
< Total Healing >
16,747
13,178
< Experience >
13,181
25
< Vision Score >
25
11
< Wards Placed >
11
438
< Time Dealing CC >
435

How to Play with Illaoi as Lee Sin in LoL

The Lee Sin Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Lee Sin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Illaoi helps Lee Sin perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Lee Sin tries to synergize with Illaoi, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Illaoi does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played alongside Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Illaoi.

Moreover, when Lee Sin plays with Illaoi on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Lee Sin during team fights.

Synergies between Lee Sin and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Lee Sin
Illaoi

Is Lee Sin better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no ideal companion for Lee Sin that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Illaoi is a very typical ally for Lee Sin. By being on the same side as Lee Sin, she increases their win rate by 0.2% to 47.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak synergy between Lee Sin and Illaoi that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Lee Sin. That means Lee Sin players don't need to be very careful when arranging Illaoi comrades to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing together, Lee Sin players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Lee Sin and Illaoi together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of AP. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Lee Sin and Illaoi, we analyzed 1,815 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Lee Sin with Illaoi comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to synergize with Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to use in your Lee Sin and Illaoi synergy build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Illaoi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 47.5% when playing alongside Illaoi with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Lee Sin and Illaoi pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Illaoi with Lee Sin are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.