Lee Sin Jungle Build Guide - Best Runes and Items for Season 15

Lee Sin Jungle Build Guide - Best Runes and Items for Season 15

By Marcus Chen

February 21, 2025 at 08:41 PM

Lee Sin is a highly mobile jungle champion who excels at making plays and securing objectives. Here's everything you need to know about building and playing him effectively.

Core Build (52.2% WR, 10,315 matches):

  • Summoner Spells: Flash, Smite
  • Starting Items: Emberknife
  • Core Items: Eclipse > Plated Steelcaps > Sundered Sky
  • Full Build: Black Cleaver > Death's Dance > Guardian Angel

Optimal Runes:

  • Primary (Precision): Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace
  • Secondary (Inspiration): Cosmic Insight, Magical Footwear
  • Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Skill Order: Q > W > E

Key Matchups: Strong Against (>53% WR):

  • Teemo (61.7%)
  • Nidalee (55.2%)
  • Rammus (54.7%)
  • Volibear (53.5%)
  • Kha'Zix (53.5%)

Weak Against (<43% WR):

  • Ivern (40.2%)
  • Bel'Veth (42.0%)
  • Taliyah (42.5%)
  • Briar (42.9%)
  • Skarner (43.0%)

Pro Tips:

  1. Don't follow every Q - evaluate if engaging is worth it
  2. Start ganks with W instead of Q for higher success rate
  3. Save R for flash-kicking priority targets into your team
  4. Avoid kicking tanks into your team

Best Synergies:

  • Kayle (54.8% WR)
  • Olaf (54.4% WR)
  • Vladimir (54.4% WR)
  • Lissandra (54.4% WR)
  • Orianna (54.3% WR)

Alternative Builds:

  1. Tanky Build (51.3% WR):

    • Sundered Sky > Plated Steelcaps > Black Cleaver > Sterak's Gage > Guardian Angel > Maw of Malmortius
  2. Burst Build (51.6% WR):

    • Eclipse > Mercury's Treads > Sundered Sky > Black Cleaver > Death's Dance > Maw of Malmortius
    • Uses Electrocute instead of Conqueror
  3. Off-Meta Build (65.8% WR):

    • Profane Hydra > Mercury's Treads > Eclipse > Black Cleaver > Sterak's Gage > Edge of Night

Adjust your build based on team composition and game state for optimal performance.

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