does it occur to anyone that rito wants lee sin to have a ridiculous early game?

A Basic Island·Dec 12, 2016·1 votes·341 views

every time a nerf for lee is on pbe, everyone always talks about how the nerf never hits his "ridiculous" early game Q damage. The nerfs are always aimed at something else, whether it be late game, or the utility he can offer.

The current nerf is -50 from his ult at all ranks, which comes to -150 at max rank.

People be like "this isn't a nerf rofl, nerf his early game."

This pretty much removes his ability to Q>R>Q the squishy with just one damage item, which hurts him significantly

I mean, if they took away his early game, what does he have left? Cus it most certainly isn't a late game

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BastionKrossDec 12, 20162 votes

Lee's power curve is supposed to be strong early, weak late. He's supposed to fall off like a Panth later on, and that's his weakness. However, Lee doesn't fall off; his damage goes down somewhat but he has enough mobility and utility to be relevant in the late game. To compare, Panth becomes a stun bot and his damage actually does fall off sharply.

So Lee doesn't have a weak late game, he just transitions from a fighter/duelist into a warden. Braum would give his left nut to peel like a Lee kick and grant pink ward-esque vision to help counter assassins.

And let's say that the damage on Lee's ultimate is generous at all stages of the game even with the nerf; since the CD is so low.