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How to Win Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin Counter MatchupJarvan IV is in the b tier of champions

Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Jarvan IV in LoLJarvan IV is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Jarvan IV

based on 1,898 Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.93
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our database, Jarvan IV fought Lee Sin 1898 times. Including so many matchups for Jarvan IV versus Lee Sin provides us faith in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a supported build to suppress Lee Sin. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Jarvan IV encounters Lee Sin in only 3.5% of his matches.

Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Jarvan IV has done a average job of countering Lee Sin. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of the time the champions face each other in. In Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin rounds, Jarvan IV’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Jarvan IV Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusFrozen HeartTitanic HydraDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jarvan IV to level upq
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Second ability for Jarvan IV to level upe
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Last skill for Jarvan IV to max outw

Runes

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

Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Lee Sin

Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.

You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.

Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Jarvan IV Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Lee Sin Image
5.4
< Kills >
7.2
6
< Deaths >
6
12.2
< Assists >
8.1
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
35
< Minions Killed >
34
1.33
< Dragons Killed >
1.4
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,199
< Physical Damage >
13,828
1,349
< Magic Damage >
2,722
872
< True Damage >
963
15,420
< Damage Dealt >
17,513
31,423
< Damage Taken >
34,985
11,221
< Gold Earned >
11,728
1.84
< Towers >
1.41
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
12,529
< Total Healing >
16,685
12,846
< Experience >
13,078
25
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
11
482
< Time Dealing CC >
443

How to Counter Lee Sin with Jarvan IV in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Jarvan IV versus Lee Sin matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lee Sin. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Jarvan IV typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Lee Sin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Jarvan IV and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Jarvan IV
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jarvan IV
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Lee Sin?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when taking on Lee Sin, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Lee Sin.

While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Lee Sin.

Furthermore, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin matchups, Lee Sin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter for Lee Sin. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Jarvan IV Players

How We Calculated Our Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Jarvan IV, we analyzed 1,898 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 Lee Sin as Jarvan IV 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

If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Lee Sin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jarvan IV usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Lee Sin build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Lee Sin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Lee Sin with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Lee Sin as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Jarvan IV vs Lee Sin LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.

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