What are the best builds for Lesley?

If you are aiming for a marksman hero with easy skills and huge damage, then Lesley is one of the first options that you should consider. This hero is actually half an assassin, meaning that she can deal a huge amount of burst damage just like an assassin. All you have to do is to find the best combination of skills for her and to know which item perfectly suits her abilities.

If you want to find out how Lesley works, then read until the end of this article.

Lesley Strengths

• Great burst damage - As mentioned, Lesley is half an assassin. That means that she already has an edge against other marksman heroes. 
• Hero with the longest range so far - Lesley’s ultimate skill is considered to be the longest attack range in Mobile Legends. When you activate her ultimate skill, she can target a certain hero from meters away. 
• Can negate enemy attacks - Due to Lesley’s first skill, she has the ability to be invincible for a certain period of time. 

Lesley Weaknesses 

• Less escaping skills - Unless you use Flicker, Lesley has fewer escape mechanisms against heroes with excellent crowd-control skills.
• No crowd control skills - Lesley is mainly an attacker. She does not perform well as a protector, so you might need to consider this when buying her items.
• Build-dependent - Just like most marksman heroes, Lesley is highly dependent on builds and items. An excellent build really makes or breaks the performance of Lesley.

3. Attack and Defend Build

Always put up unbreakable offense and defense.

Lesley is a marksman hero that does not fare well in defense. Thus, it can help if you also buy her items that can aid her shortage in defending herself. 

Use This Build If…

• Most of your allies peak at the late game - The build is good for late-game battles. Buying defense items will help Lesley protect herself against enemies.
• You have a tank that can support you - Having a roaming tank means having a reliable teammate who can support your damage output. Since this build does not entirely focus on Lesley’s attack skills, you can use this if you have a teammate to rely on.
• Your enemies are mostly tanks and mage heroes - The defense items in this build will aid you in countering attacks from them.

Skills

You can follow this leveling-up sequence to ensure that Lesley gets to maximize this build:

• Level One: First Skill - (Master of Camouflage)
• Level Two: Second Skill - (Tactical Grenade)
• Level Three: First Skill -  (Master of Camouflage)
• Level Four: Ultimate Skill - (Ultimate Snipe)

Items:

1. Berserker’s Fury (2250): Lesley has an innate critical damage percentage, and so this build will improve both her critical damage and critical chance.

2. Swift Boots (710): These boots are essential to give additional movement speed to Lesley, which she lacks.

3. Endless Battle (2470): Endless battle is one of the most important items for Lesley. This gives her an edge as an attacker as his item gives her cooldown reduction, movement speed, attack speed, lifesteal abilities, and more. 

4. Windtalker (1820): This item is one of the cheapest items you can find as an attacker, and this is mainly for the attack speed of Lesley. This is good from early to mid-game.

5. Malefic Roar  (2060): Use this item to counter heroes with high physical defense.

6. Immortality  (2250): Immortality is kind of another reason to boost your confidence in joining teamfights. When bought, Lesley will have the ability to resurrect upon dying.

Emblem

For this build, the highly suggested main emblem is the marksman emblem to help address her lack of mobility and increase her attack speed and lifesteal. For the talents, the following are highly suggested:

• Agility - Gain an extra 5% movement speed
• Weapon Master - Gain extra physical attack from equipment, talents, skills, and emblem
• Weakness Finder - Slow down enemies with your basic attacks and increase attack speed

Battle Spells

You can utilize either the Flicker or Purify spells for Lesley.

2. Sustained Damage per second Build

 Last long in the field.

Sustained DPS is when your hero can last long on the battlefield. That means that Lesley can sustain herself, either through using lifesteal items or enhancing damage. 

Use This Build If…

• The enemies are strong fighters and assassins - Heroes that are bulky, such as Masha and Hilda, are  very good prey if Lesley uses this build. 
• Your team has a tank hero to rely on - Basically, the build lacks defense items, so you would need the help of a good support or tank member.
• You are against agile heroes -  The speed and movement that you can earn from this build will help you keep up with them.

Skills

You can follow this leveling-up sequence to ensure that Lesley gets to maximize this build:

• Level One: First Skill - (Master of Camouflage)
• Level Two: Second Skill - (Tactical Grenade)
• Level Three: First Skill -  (Master of Camouflage)
• Level Four: Ultimate Skill - (Ultimate Snipe)

Items:

1. Berserker’s Fury (2250): This item is a household name for marksman heroes like Lesley. This mainly enhances the critical damage of Lesley, increasing her physical attack damage too. 

2. Swift Boots (710): Low mobility is an extreme disadvantage when playing. Hence, this will give Lesley that extra speed to move around the map.

3. Windtalker (1820): If you want to get ahead of your enemies faster, buy this equipment immediately in the first few minutes of the game. This will help you outplay them by having fast attacking speed. Given that Lesley has a great amount of damage, having a fast attack speed will really be monumental for the team.

4. Blade of Despair (3010): This item is expensive. So most of the time, users buy this later or when the game is already in the middle or later part. This item highly improves everything that makes a marksman strong, such as the damage and attack speed.

5. Endless Battle (2470): Just like its name ‘Endless’, this item will really help Lesley sustain herself. The item Endless Battle gives Lesley that extra lifesteal abilities, allowing her to benefit whenever she attacks enemies.

6. Malefic Roar  (2060): In the latter part of the game, everyone is at their peak already. So, you might be having a hard time attacking tanks and fighters. This item will help you penetrate their defense.

Emblem

Just like the previous build, you can use the marksman emblem and then use various talents from different emblem systems to complement this build:

• Rupture - Gain adaptive penetration
• Festival of Blood - Gain up to 6% spell vamp through kills or assists
• Weakness Finder - Dealing basic attacks will slow down enemies and increase your attack speed

Battle Spells

You can utilize the Absorb spell for Lesley to give her an additional shield against enemies.

1. Burst

Kill enemies with one skill.

Burst damage is something that is already innate in Lesley. However, if you do not know how to maintain and enhance her burst damage, enemies will be able to outplay you. Thus, you should be aware of what Lesley is capable of if her burst damage is at its fullest potential.

Use This Build If…

• You are against assassins and fighters - Heroes that are very agile or with very quick skills, like Lancelot, are very difficult to catch for marksman heroes. This build will give a solution to that problem since, with Lesley’s range and damage, she can definitely keep up with heroes like this.
• You are against squishy heroes - If the enemy team is also composed of squishy mages and support heroes, then using this item will really give you a big feast. This build can help you instantly take them down, even just by using her first skill.
• You are not the core hero - This build, although powerful, is not meant for junglers. Hence, only use this if you have another teammate assigned to deal the main damage for the team.

Skills

You can follow this leveling-up sequence to ensure that Lesley gets to maximize this build:

• Level One: First Skill - (Master of Camouflage)
• Level Two: Second Skill - (Tactical Grenade)
• Level Three: First Skill -  (Master of Camouflage)
• Level Four: Ultimate Skill - (Ultimate Snipe)

Items:

1. Berserker’s Fury (2250): Since Lesley already has her own burst damage, what’s left for you to do is maximize it. This item will give Lesley that boost in her burst damage and even increase her attack speed.

2. Magic Shoes (710): A buff is a term in Mobile Legends which means that your hero has received something that will boost their performance. These boots offer a buff to Lesley, which is a very important thing for junglers.

3. Endless Battle (2470): This item is considered to be one of the top-tier marksman items. This gives Lesley additional HP, true damage, and more. Endless Battle is perfect for Lesley since she is a physical hero who has strong potential just by its basic attack alone.

4. Windtalker (1820): The Windtalker is not that expensive, but it performs well for its price. This item is mainly for increasing the attack speed of Lesley. 

5. Malefic Roar (2060): Malefic Roar offers additional physical attack and physical penetration for Lesley. This is best used against opponents with very high defensive capabilities.

6. Blade of Despair (3010): To complete this build is none other than the infamous Blade of Despair. From the name itself, buying this item will really cause despair to the enemy team as this will catalyze the badass damage of your hero.

Emblem

You can use the marksman emblem for this build with the following talents in each tier:

• Fatal - Gain extra critical chance and critical damage
• Weapon Master - Earn bonus extra attack through equipment, emblem, talents, and skills
• Weakness Finder - Decrease the movement and attack speed of the opponent.

Battle Spells

You can choose between Purify or Flicker for this build. 

Lesley is Strong Against

• Eudora
• Pharsa
• Odette
• Layla
• Hanabi

Lesley is Weak Against 

• Harley
• Natalia
• Aldous
• Kagura
• Ling

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