As Jungle, how do you deal with enemy Lee Sin?

Bashful Banana·11/24/2015, 10:09:18 AM·1 votes·854 views

I enjoy jungling, but whenever I see an enemy Lee Sin I know I won't be enjoying myself much. The reason for this is that I don't know really who can deal with him. When I see Lee on enemy team I usually request a leash at my buff to discourage an invade, but I find that sets my back a bit, and it really isn't any guarantee against counterjungle either. The problem is that I can't just wait around for Lee to show up so I am full health like he is, because if he doesn't invade then I just wasted more time. So if I choose to to the buff and he does come, I cannot hope to defeat him. Either he takes my buff or kills me ( usually takes buff because I don't risk fighting him ). He's just so much more powerful than other jungles at this point. My main jungler is kindred, and he counters her by being able to knock her out of her ult, but that's not my main problem. So how do you guys go about dealing with the high possiblility of Lee counterjungling you in early stages of the game? I know everyone's going to say ward, but for one thing, I ward early to prevent a massive team invade and by that point the ward has worn off. Two, even if it hadn't worn off, knowing he's coming might let me know to back off, but even if he doesn't take my buff at that point I still have to wait for him to leave, which sets me behind. And this loss of time never seems to affect lee much because he just ganks early or uses his strong to jungle clear to make up for it. Sorry for text wall but I really don't know what to do vs. him when its my turn to jungle.

4 Comments

RogueWill11/24/2015, 10:13:23 AM1 votes

well you deal with him as any other invader, you ward before starting your buffs so you see it coming and can react properly. You are supposed to ward behind the buff wall thou and try to clear the camp on the buff on the closest bush so you are covering every single blind spot. If you see the lee sin coming just ping for assistance and make your teamates help you kill him in your jungle.

Merxamers11/24/2015, 9:21:17 PM1 votes

If he invades and tries to fight you, ping him for your team so they know to try and help. They may not come, but at least they'll be notified. If you can't farm, try to gank. If you're not a strong ganker, focus on surviving until you can outscale him, or focus on trying to countergank (wards are important here).

One champion that does very well against Lee is Pantheon ; if skill level is equal, Pantheon beats Lee Sin in fights at every stage of the game.