Sima Yi Build Guide

Sima Yi · Assassin · Jungle · Tier C · Honor of Kings

Sima Yi is a Assassin who plays the Jungle. Your aim is to roam for picks and burst down priority targets. Pick your moment to use Death Descends, then follow up with Shadow Stings and Barren Lands. Track the enemy jungler, secure objectives, and gank lanes that have set up crowd control.

Recommended build

Runeblade, Boots of the Arcane, Staves of Sorcery, Insatiable Tome, Savant's Wrath, Void Staff

Arcana

Fate, Nightmare, Mind's Eye

Spell

Smite

Skill order

Suggested order: max Skill 1, then Skill 2, and put a point in your Ultimate whenever it's available.

Abilities

Quiet Whispers, Shadow Stings, Barren Lands, Death Descends

Strengths

• High burst that deletes squishy targets
• Strong roaming and pick potential
• Snowballs an early lead quickly

Weaknesses

• Fragile if caught out of position
• Falls off when behind
• Relies on landing the full combo