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How to Win Lee Sin vs Darius Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Lee Sin

based on 3,996 Lee Sin vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our database, Lee Sin faced off against Darius 3996 times. Using so many matchups for Lee Sin versus Darius provides us faith in our capability to provide informative stats and a recommended build to crush Darius. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Lee Sin fights Darius in only 3.5% of his games.

Lee Sin vs Darius Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin does a below average job of countering Darius. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Lee Sin against Darius rounds, Lee Sin’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Darius.

Best Lee Sin vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

HubrisDeath's DanceSterak's GageSpear of Shojin

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 ForceArmor
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
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Darius as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Darius

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 Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Lee Sin vs Darius Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Darius Image
7.2
< Kills >
6.6
6
< Deaths >
6.1
8.2
< Assists >
4.4
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
34
< Minions Killed >
168
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
13,515
< Physical Damage >
16,277
2,781
< Magic Damage >
89
1,011
< True Damage >
3,756
17,309
< Damage Dealt >
20,122
34,879
< Damage Taken >
31,305
11,740
< Gold Earned >
11,851
1.36
< Towers >
2.36
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
16,419
< Total Healing >
7,609
13,139
< Experience >
14,415
24
< Vision Score >
18
11
< Wards Placed >
8
435
< Time Dealing CC >
159

How to Counter Darius with Lee Sin in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Lee Sin vs. Darius counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Darius..

Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Darius. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Lee Sin and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Darius

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Darius?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Darius, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a bad counter to Darius.

While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate than Darius, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Darius.

Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Darius.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Lee Sin, we analyzed 3,996 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 Darius as Lee Sin 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

To truly master Lee Sin to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin typically accumulates a lot less CS as Darius. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Lee Sin versus Darius build consist of Guardian Angel, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Darius than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Darius with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Darius as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use 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 builds players used for Lee Sin vs Darius matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

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