Sett Top Lane Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities

Sett: The Boss of Brawlers

Sett is a powerhouse juggernaut in League of Legends, renowned for his ability to dominate fights through raw strength and effective crowd control. With his brawler’s style and unrelenting resilience, Sett thrives as a bruiser who can lead the charge in skirmishes or protect his team. This guide will explore Sett’s strengths, weaknesses, and some key tips and tricks to help you unleash his full potential on the Rift.

1. Strengths:

High Sustained Damage: Sett’s passive, Pit Grit, gives him a double-hit mechanic that alternates between a fast, powerful right punch and a steady left punch, allowing for consistent DPS.

Exceptional Durability: With bonus health regeneration from his passive and the shield provided by Haymaker (W), Sett is incredibly tanky in extended fights.

True Damage Potential: Haymaker’s true damage center adds significant burst damage to Sett’s kit, letting him deal with even the tankiest opponents.

Strong Crowd Control: Facebreaker (E) and The Show Stopper (R) provide massive disruption in teamfights, offering stuns, slows, and displacement.

Versatile Playstyle: Sett can function effectively in multiple roles, including top lane, jungle, and support, depending on team composition.

2. Weaknesses:

Limited Mobility: Sett relies heavily on movement speed bonuses from Knuckle Down (Q) to close gaps, making him vulnerable to kiting.

Predictable Engage: Without flash or a flank, The Show Stopper (R) can be telegraphed, giving enemies time to reposition.

Grit Management: Misusing Haymaker’s Grit can leave Sett vulnerable during key moments in a fight.

Team Dependency: Sett’s effectiveness is amplified in coordinated fights. In solo play, improper follow-up from teammates can diminish his impact.

Falls Off Late Game: While powerful early and mid-game, Sett can struggle against hyper-carries and coordinated disengage compositions in the late game.

1. Sett tips and tricks

• Make sure you auto-attack before activating Knuckle Down Q. Your Knuckle Down Q is an auto-attack reset, so auto-attacking first will help you dish out more damage.
• Your Facebreaker E will stun enemy champions and minions if you hit them together. This is handy when trying to set up your Jungler as you can Facebreaker E between the two of them to CC the enemy.
• Activate your Haymaker W while trading: not right at the end or at the beginning as the shield it gives will protect you against follow up damage, and the damage it deals will also come in handy. Using it at the end of the trade is wasteful.

2. General Playstyle:

Bully the Lane: Sett’s strong early game allows him to dominate trades with Pit Grit’s double-hit mechanic and the added burst from Knuckle Down (Q).

Play Around Grit: Maximize your Haymaker (W) by timing it to absorb large amounts of damage before retaliating with the true damage punch.

Engage or Peel: Use Facebreaker (E) to either initiate fights by stunning clustered enemies or peel for your backline by pulling divers away.

3. Ability Usage:

Knuckle Down (Q): Use the movement speed bonus to close the gap on fleeing enemies or to chase down priority targets.

Haymaker (W): Hold this ability until you’ve built up a significant amount of Grit for maximum shield and true damage output. Positioning is key to hitting multiple enemies in the center.

Facebreaker (E): Aim to pull enemies from opposite sides for the stun. If that’s not possible, use it to slow and disrupt.

The Show Stopper (R): Prioritize high-health targets when using your ultimate. Slam them into enemy clusters to maximize AoE damage and crowd control.

4. Combos and Advanced Techniques:

Basic Combo: E → Q → Auto-Attacks → W for a reliable burst of damage and crowd control.

Ultimate Combo: R → E → Q → W to engage a fight and unleash maximum disruption and damage.

Wall Slam Technique: Use Facebreaker (E) to pull enemies closer to walls, limiting their escape paths and setting up for The Show Stopper (R).

Zone Control: Hold onto Haymaker (W) in teamfights to deter enemies from diving onto your backline, leveraging the shield and true damage as a counter.

• Q + E + AA + AA + W: To catch someone use Q to get in range to E then AA twice into a W for some burst.
• E + AA + AA + Q + AA + AA + W: When around minions use E, AA twice, Q instantly, AA twice and finish up with W.
• AA + AA + Q + AA + AA + E + AA + AA + W: After level 3 you can trade by AA twice Q instantly AA twice again E AA twice and finish off with W.
• AA + AA + Q + AA + AA: A normal trade will look like AA twice then Q instantly AA twice again.
• E + AA + AA + Q + AA + AA + R + AA + AA + W: After level 6 use E, AA twice, Q instantly, AA twice then instantly R, AA twice then finish off the kill with W.
• R + E + AA + AA + Q + AA + AA + W: To iniate teamfights R then E once you land, AA twice, instantly Q then AA twice into W.
• W + FLASH: W and mid animation use Flash to land your ability for true damage.
• R + E + W + Q + AA + AA: Once you have full grit stacks R and E W when you land, then Q AA for added burst damage.
• Q + E + FLASH + R: To Insec your opponent Q to get into range, use E then Flash instantly behind your target and R.

• Early game

• This champion is an early game bully. Play aggressive throughout the laning phase to get kills. If you can get a kill or two, you can snowball your lead pretty quickly.

• Whenever your Ultimate The Show Stopper R is up, you can look for aggressive plays to try and kill the enemy. Your Ultimate The Show Stopper R is a great trading tool which makes you much stronger.

• Keep the minion wave even or slightly closer to your side of the map early on. This will allow you to run the enemy down while protecting yourself from ganks. If you keep pushing when you’re not ahead, you will be unable to run the enemy down and you’ll be an easy target for the enemy Jungler.

2. Mid game

• Split push during the mid-game and try to secure side objectives. Avoid grouping if possible.
• Use your strong duelling potential in the mid-game to fight and duel anyone who tries to stop you from split pushing.
• Although you’re a really strong split pusher in the mid-game, be prepared to group with your team and fight 5v5. You should usually start grouping when there are no nearby objectives to take.

3. Late game

• After going in with your Ultimate The Show Stopper R, be prepared to fall back and peel for your allies in late game team fights.
• To make getting on the enemy backline easier, group with your team but stay off to the side. If you flank from an unwarded bush, the enemy will find it harder to react to your all-in. Avoid splitting or being away from your team in the late game as the enemy will force a fight while you’re gone.
• Play around your Ultimate The Show Stopper R in the later parts of the game. Avoid fighting unless your Ultimate The Show Stopper R is up. Fighting without it will make the late game team fights much harder. Delay fights and be prepared to disengage if it’s still on cooldown.

Sett embodies the spirit of a true fighter, blending brute strength with a surprising amount of finesse. His ability to dominate skirmishes and disrupt teamfights makes him a force to be reckoned with. Whether you’re bullying opponents in the top lane or creating chaos in teamfights, mastering Sett’s mechanics will ensure you leave your mark as the boss of the Rift. Step into the ring and show your enemies that when it comes to brawling, no one does it better than Sett!

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Good luck to you! – Cheng