Talk:Lee Sin/@comment-112.204.27.211-20120728131828/@comment-15562896-20120728134324

Maxing E first can be kinda viable, if you're jungling it makes your clear quite a bit faster (AoE tempest from damage gets decent), your ganks also benefit from that (you lose overall damage compared to Q, but gain a much more potent slow), and if you're laning it can shut down champions that rely on attack speed such as Irelia very effectively.

But yeah, maxing Q first is usually needed because Lee needs to snowball early.