Lee Sin needs to be nerfed and here's why!

If we are being fair, he is one of the more fun junglers to play. It is only natural that he sees more play because of this.

Then why don't you ban him?

the question is not why the question is when

Let's address a few misconceptions about being overpowered. **

1. High level of skill to learn does not balance a champion. In turn, win rates do not reflect balance.**

If a champion has a powerfully loaded kit, but takes time to master, that just means it's not entry level OP. The champion is still OP no matter how long it takes for a player to get to mastering it. If a skilled player can create a toxic situation with a champion consistently and by itself, then that champion is not balanced. Hand in hand, due to Lee Sin taking a lot of time to master means those who haven't mastered him will be losing with him. Therefore, his win-rates will be skewed, showing us that many people are learning and losing with a high difficulty champion. When they eventually learn him, they start winning. Given his popularity, there will always be players picking him up and losing because of his difficulty. ** 2. Lee Sin falling off late game and needing to be carried does not make him any less OP.**

The fact that Lee Sin falls of late game does not make him any less OP for early and mid game. The fact that he can single handedly set back nearly every other champion during the early and mid phases will give a vast advantage to his team, to the point that it's OK that he's not so strong late game because the enemy team will be struggling and falling behind.

All of these excuses I see for why he's balanced are simply unfounded. His strengths overwhelm his weaknesses and place his opponents on his level once his power dwindles, as his early presence forces them behind. His difficulty to learn only serves to warp his statistics, which were never a valid show of power to begin with. Lee Sin needs balancing, there is no way around it.

and what if the reason he's being played is that he's fun, not that he is overpowered? nerfs won't change his champion design so nerfing him won't reduce his usage rate. he'll just become pointlessly weaker and, in my opinion, the string of nerfs last season already did more than enough to him. he's barely a threat in any of my games anymore. despite that he's already significantly weaker than he was at his peak, his usage rate hasn't really declined.

you and the others who incessantly request lee nerfs will only get what you all want if lee is deleted or riot to creates another playmaking champion.