A question (likely a stupid one) about Lee sin's R

Death by Glamour·Nov 21, 2016·1 votes·413 views

Why is it more commobly used to kick an enemy squish into his team or as an execute, rather than knocking the front line tanks and bruisers back into the opposing team?

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wishbone25Nov 21, 20161 votes

summoner 4 then R

Death by GlamourNov 21, 20161 votes

I asked why they do it not how

wishbone25Nov 21, 20161 votes

you want to get a kill ofcourse not push it away ? right ? that is why they kick their enemies to their friends and feed them more to get more fed

Kr1sysNov 21, 20161 votes

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Why is it more commobly used to kick an enemy squish into his team or as an execute, rather than knocking the front line tanks and bruisers back into the opposing team?

Because usually putting the squish out of position(or killing them outright) has a more desired effect than trying to line up a front line champion to deal damage to the rest of the team. If you just knock back the tank and they can engage after, then Lee's ability to peel or disorient the team has already been used.

Death by GlamourNov 21, 20161 votes

Seems wield to me that they added the extra damage onto the knock back if they didn't instead for Lee to use it by kicking the tank into the backline, allowing his own team to re engage

Kr1sysNov 21, 20161 votes

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Seems wield to me that they added the extra damage onto the knock back if they didn't instead for Lee to use it by kicking the tank into the backline, allowing his own team to re engage

To give him a reason to use it on a tank or for a tank to be weary of Lee sin.

ValyrianBladeNov 21, 20161 votes

So basically, both are options but the squishy target is better.

If Lee gets on the squishy and sends to his team to execute, at best he's taking out an enemy carry for free and at worst he's trading his life for the carry's. In either case, his 4 allies with all of their long CDs still up (as no one needs to ult the carry, he's dead) can easily carry the remaining fight. Unless the enemy team has 3 or even 4 big damage threats (e.g. a fed Jayce top, a VI jungle, and a Cassio mid, may not be the best call to suicide to kick the ADC back) by taking out one big damage source the enemy team typically only has 1 damage source remaining (and likely burst, not sustained) so his team can clean the whole fight.

Kicking a tank is good for disengage or if he can execute with the bonus damage, but overall it's not going to set up a won fight.