Why Lee Sin is the most Overpowered Balanced champion

deadlychuck··1 votes·1,101 views

Lee Sin determines the fight. It's that simple. For all of the flame wars over the champion it's really just that simple. The design of the champion is one of the most frustrating and least interactive to play against. He could have a low of a win rate as urgot (through massive damage nerfs), and still **feel ** overpowered.

There is no control for those playing against him in the fight. Be it a gank or a lane, when you are fighting him, his ability to control if there is a fight going on at all, is what makes him so insanely strong. Think of it this way, what if you were in a gun fight (nerf guns obviously), but you could control when the guns were able to fire. Either both are working or both are disabled. It's similar to blitzcrank, though worse, it's control over when engagements and disengagements occur. Just make blitzcrank W a dash and make his E fling the target, and you've effectively replicated the problem.

In terms of input-ouput, lee sin feels awesome to play. Although when a Lee Sin starts fighting you, (even more so post level 6) all you can really do is hope that he is underestimating your dueling power, because if he isn't then the best you can do is tie.

Yeah, it's great to have a champion that's fun to play, but it's not good to have a champion that's fun to play, but not fun to play against. That means for 1 person to have fun, up to 5 aren't.

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Seraphic Gospel1 votes

Well, imo, the main reason Lee is strong is simple: At what point in the game is he bad? At what point do you think "My god if only we had something other than Lee Sin?"

That is his main problem - he is too much of a generalist champion with an almost plateaulike power-curve. There is no point in the game where Lee Sin is not a viable pick - He has good damage early, very strong playmaking at all points in the game, and becomes a menacing peeling, tanking, executing problem in the late-game.

Therefore, there is no time where he is a poor pick. Its why he is a problem. If Riot wants to change him, they need to refocus his identity - is he an assassin? A fighter? A tank? Cuz currently, Lee is all 3, just at different times of the game.

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