Lee Sin vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Lee Sin
based on 11,162 Lee Sin vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Lee Sin vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several strategic Lee Sin versus Caitlyn matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Lee Sin usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Caitlyn, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a bad counter to Caitlyn.
While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Caitlyn, 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 may get destroyed when picking Lee Sin into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a trash counter for Caitlyn. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Caitlyn 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 shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Caitlyn build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Lee Sin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Caitlyn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lee Sin vs Caitlyn counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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