AP Lee Sin Build
AP Lee Sin build with runes and items. AP Lee Sin guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play AP Lee Sin build in League of Legends Patch 14.20!
Updated: 2024-10-09 ()
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
Q
W
E
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
AP Lee Sin Runes
Inspiration
Domination
Passive
How it works
AP Build specific
- You rush Hextech Rocketbelt #1, Liandry's Torment #2.
- You get Cosmic Insight rune to use Hextech Rocketbelt more often.
- You poke with Hextech Rocketbelt and First Strike to earn gold and burn enemies.
- After core items, you adapt. You can play as a tank or as a damage dealer.
How to play
AP Build specific
- Use Hextech Rocketbelt active to poke your enemies all the time, earning gold with First Strike.
- Adapt to the enemy team. Build tanky or more damage. You can play as a utility tank, poke, or even you can go some AD items to still have plenty of damage. Depends on the team and how you want to play.
- For utility tank, remember that Liandry's Torment works good with Serpent's Fang (to counter shields) and Oblivion Orb (to counter healing).
- Cosmic Insight reduces the cooldown of all active items, so Zhonya's Hourglass really works well with this build.
- Wait for the First Strike and proc it with your combo, to deal damage and earn gold.
- Be careful to not get poked, because you waste First Strike procs.
- Your main money-making combo is First Strike + Hextech Rocketbelt + first cast Q + follow up with second cast Q + E + R + W to get out.
- Your alternate combo just for poke is First Strike + Hextech Rocketbelt + first cast Q.
Tips and Tricks
General
- Lee Sin combo #1: Use R, then Flash immediately into a direction they do not expect (i.e behind them). The destination of your kick is registered at the moment of animation finish, not the start. You can do cool trick and kick enemy into your team, or even spawning pool!
- Lee Sin combo #2: You hit somebody with Q, but they are too far away to follow up with second Q? Hit enemy champion or minions with Mark (Snowball), or Safeguard to your ally champ or minions, or even Flash!
- Lee Sin combo #3: Dueling with someone? Use R, then when enemy champ is in the air, hit Q for sure hit.
- Lee Sin combo #4: Scaring tactic. Hit somebody with Q? Pretend that you follow up, by casting second Q, but in the midair use Safeguard (W) to ally champ or minion. You can even bait some Summoner Spells or other cooldowns!
Riot
- Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
- 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).
Skill Order
- Sonic Wave / Resonating StrikeQ
- Safeguard / Iron WillW
- Tempest / CrippleE
- Dragon's RageR
Items
Starting items
Rush #1
Rush #2
Boots
Good tank items
Good MR items
Good Armor items
Situational items
Optional AD items
Situational items
Try if you super fed
For the last fight
Example final build