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

Lee Sin vs Viktor

How to Beat Viktor as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Viktor as Lee Sin

based on 1,708 Lee Sin vs Viktor matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our dataset, Lee Sin fought Viktor 1708 times. Using so many games with Lee Sin versus Viktor gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to destroy your foe. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Lee Sin has to counter Viktor in only 1.5% of his games.

Lee Sin vs Viktor Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin does a below average job of countering Viktor. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.1% of games the champs fight each other in. In Lee Sin vs Viktor rounds, Lee Sin’s side is 0.2% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Viktor.

Best Lee Sin vs Viktor Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusDeath's DanceProfane HydraSterak's Gage

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
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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
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Viktor

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 Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.

Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Lee Sin vs Viktor Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Viktor Image
7.1
< Kills >
5.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
8.1
< Assists >
6.9
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
33
< Minions Killed >
184
1.55
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.47
13,068
< Physical Damage >
617
2,639
< Magic Damage >
24,367
952
< True Damage >
686
16,659
< Damage Dealt >
25,671
35,654
< Damage Taken >
18,370
11,736
< Gold Earned >
11,852
1.29
< Towers >
1.96
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
17,273
< Total Healing >
1,589
13,301
< Experience >
14,716
26
< Vision Score >
19
12
< Wards Placed >
9
445
< Time Dealing CC >
264

How to Counter Viktor with Lee Sin in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Lee Sin against Viktor counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viktor..

Lee Sin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Viktor. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lee Sin and Viktor

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Viktor
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Viktor

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Viktor?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually fairs equally well when playing against Viktor, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes an ok counter for Viktor.

While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Viktor, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Viktor.

Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Viktor.

Other Champion Matchups Against Lee Sin

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Lee Sin Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Viktor Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viktor as Lee Sin, we analyzed 1,708 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 Viktor 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 in order to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Viktor. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Lee Sin versus Viktor build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Viktor than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Viktor with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Viktor as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Lee Sin vs Viktor counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.

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