Why Lee Sin will always Be #1 in the jungle for the foreseeable future

Rewt··2 votes·252 views

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.

3 Comments

Quil Evrything2 votes

way too long. Shorter version:

he wrecks almost anyone at level 3, or sometimes even level 2. So he is snowball hell. he can just run around the map killing everyone.

xJLx MCHammer1 votes

Mobile Playmaker High Damage early game, mid game, and decent enough late game Riot also likes seeing him played even if he makes all other jungler invalid

HeresyHorus1 votes

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.

I dont defend LeeSin, i hate him but gotta say 2 things :-

  • LeeSin mobility is restircted but Riven mobility with Q + E is FREE.

  • Riven doesn't sacrifice damage with her Q, for example at level 3 her Q 2 ticks will deal 20 + 80% AD in damage which is barely 1 auto while at the same level after she land the 3rd Q she is guaranteed to deal 375% AD with her 3 buffed autos alone + 3rd Q + W + TLD damage, numbers difference get better post 6 pfc.

old Riven used her old Q to deal damage with all 3 ticks but new Riven only need it for the FREE mobility + 3rd tick stun only.

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