Why Lee Sin will always Be #1 in the jungle for the foreseeable future
The Number 1 thing Lee has is the Being very well rounded. While he isnt a master of any 1 thing, he is good at everything.
He has decent damage, Great mobility (it is restricted Mobility which is why he is allowed to have so much, similar to riven in the fact that she has to burn her damage and her defences to be able to be mobile.) As well as having amazing utility out of his Ult. But there are other champions in the game like this that arent hyper meta, Why?
This comes down to something that we see a lot in mid lane. In mid lane we see a lot of MLG Zed 1 trick sick nasty outplay montages. You only see this on 1 jungler. Lee Sin. Why? its because Lee Sin is BY FAR the most mechanically complex jungler in the game. Watch a pantheon Montage. its literally just stun, E, Q. Over and over again. Its not flashy, its not complex.
Now you may ask "How does this make Lee #1 in the Jungle?" Well this is because being a mechanically complex champion (generally speaking) Gives room for outplay by utilizing your kit to its fullest extent. We have all seen the zed players that make you actually lose track of him and he just gives you that sweet Succ. And since so many junglers are so simple it doesnt give room for outplay. They are so 1 dimensional that doing crazy plays on them is just impossible. This doesnt mean that you cant do well or play really well. It just means that your room for outplay is just non existant. Its either the enemy makes a mistake and you capitalize on it, or you are just straight up more powerful than them.
TLDR: Until they add junglers that actually have mechanical complexity like Lee Sin, Zed, Katarina, Yasuo, and Talon, Lee will probably be #1. No other jungler has that kind of Flashy outplay potential.
, i hate him but gotta say 2 things :-
mobility with Q + E is FREE.