AP Lee Sin Build

AP Lee Sin Build.

AP Lee Sin build with runes and items. AP Lee Sin guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play AP Lee Sin build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-16 ()

TLDR

Starting items
Hextech Alternator should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Lee Sin ability Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike should be leveled first.
Q
Lee Sin ability Safeguard / Iron Will should be leveled second.
W
Lee Sin ability Tempest / Cripple should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Hextech Rocketbelt should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Liandry's Torment should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune First Strike from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Domination.
Summoner spells
Pick Ignite as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

AP Lee Sin Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Domination
Domination minor tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination minor tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination minor tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination minor tree Zombie Ward rune.
Domination minor tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination minor tree Eyeball Collection rune.
Domination minor tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General
  1. You rush Hextech Rocketbelt #1, Liandry's Torment #2.
  2. You get Cosmic Insight rune to use Hextech Rocketbelt more often.
  3. You poke with Hextech Rocketbelt and First Strike to earn gold and burn enemies.
  4. After core items, you adapt. You can play as a tank or as a damage dealer.

How to play

General
  1. Use Hextech Rocketbelt active to poke your enemies all the time, earning gold with First Strike.
  2. Adapt to the enemy team. Build tanky or more damage. You can play as a utility tank, poke, or even you can go some AD items to still have plenty of damage. Depends on the team and how you want to play.
  3. For utility tank, remember that Liandry's Torment works good with Serpent's Fang (to counter shields) and Oblivion Orb (to counter healing).
  4. Cosmic Insight reduces the cooldown of all active items, so Zhonya's Hourglass really works well with this build.
  5. Wait for the First Strike and proc it with your combo, to deal damage and earn gold.
  6. Be careful to not get poked, because you waste First Strike procs.
  7. Your main money-making combo is First Strike + Hextech Rocketbelt + first cast Q + follow up with second cast Q + E + R + W to get out.
  8. Your alternate combo just for poke is First Strike + Hextech Rocketbelt + first cast Q.

Tips and Tricks

General
  1. Lee Sin combo #1: Use R, then Flash immediately into a direction they do not expect (i.e behind them). The destination of your kick is registered at the moment of animation finish, not the start. You can do cool trick and kick enemy into your team, or even spawning pool!
  2. Lee Sin combo #2: You hit somebody with Q, but they are too far away to follow up with second Q? Hit enemy champion or minions with Mark (Snowball), or Safeguard to your ally champ or minions, or even Flash!
  3. Lee Sin combo #3: Dueling with someone? Use R, then when enemy champ is in the air, hit Q for sure hit.
  4. Lee Sin combo #4: Scaring tactic. Hit somebody with Q? Pretend that you follow up, by casting second Q, but in the midair use Safeguard (W) to ally champ or minion. You can even bait some Summoner Spells or other cooldowns!
Riot
  1. Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
  2. Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
  3. Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Skill Order

  • Lee Sin [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike
  • Lee Sin [object Object] ability.
    W
    Safeguard / Iron Will
  • Lee Sin [object Object] ability.
    E
    Tempest / Cripple
  • Lee Sin [object Object] ability.
    R
    Dragon's Rage

Items

Starting items
Hextech Alternator item.
Rush #1
Hextech Rocketbelt item.
Rush #2
Liandry's Torment item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good tank items
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Force of Nature item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Good Armor items
Thornmail item.
Unending Despair item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Situational items
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
Optional AD items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Ravenous Hydra item.
The Collector item.
Chempunk Chainsword item.
Axiom Arc item.
Serylda's Grudge item.
Situational items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Oblivion Orb item.
Serpent's Fang item.
Try if you super fed
Lich Bane item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Horizon Focus item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Wrath item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Hextech Rocketbelt item.
Thornmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Kaenic Rookern item.