The real Lee Sin nerf

Ok first, it is Ad Hominem. If you are gonna use a phrase, spell it right.

Well here is the thing, I peaked in Gold 2 around August, but when people flooded ranked at the end of the season I was brought down. This isn't an isolated incident, this happens to everyone. However, I noticed you never got above Silver 5. It doesn't matter that you didn't play often, there are tons of high elo player that don't play often. I mentioned your rank because here is the thing. Silver 5 is not good. It's barely not bad. You don't understand balance or how the game works with most experienced players. Lee was a monster to almost everyone. You think he counters Vi, but you are dead wrong. His early power dominated the jungle before CoC, but you apparently weren't good enough to use it properly if you think that it didn't. That's not an ad hominem, its the truth, and you can ask anyone gold and above that isn't a lee main. I'm not using rank as an excuse, I'm using it as a point. It's the difference between a Middle schooler arguing with a High school senior about a Physics problem. I have passed the test of game knowledge and skill that you clearly have not.

I am not applying the good player/poor player numbers to only Lee, it applies to every champion. However, Vi is an easier champion to play than Lee. Lee is highly mechanical. Any increase in playerbase for Lee would have far more bad players than good for him than almost any other champion out there because of this. And here is the thing about your numbers. They are inherently flawed because they do not take the cooldowns into account. One rotation for Vi consists of, at 30% CDR, that damage, but it takes 5.6 seconds for her Q to come back up, which only damages you once with flat damage, and the same for her E, which is a AA reset. Her ult takes 56 seconds. Lee Sin on the other hand, only needs 4.9 seconds for his Q, which damages you twice and is an execute, his AoE damage and reveal is on a 7 second CD, and his ult is only on a 42 second cooldown. Vi's Q is also her only escape, while lee can jump to an allied ward, minion, or champion, and get a shield out of it too. Vi's ult only locks you down, but Lee's (which is also point and click, and unstoppable, by the way) can put you into the middle of his team, or it can knock a tank behind the enemy backline. You are going to use more than one rotation of abilities in a fight unless you get absolutely blown up, so cooldown matters.

In terms of Q, lee has the far advantage, being able to lay down far more damage, with a lower cooldown, further range, and it is even more of an advantage when he can get similar damage to Vi's Q without even having to follow it. Vi's Q provides a short (~.7 sec) knockback when it hits an enemy, but Lee can throw out his Q just as a skillshot poke.

For W, it is situational. W is Vi's armor shred and bonus damage, but Lee gets a shield and reposition for his, along with sustain on the second cast. So I am going to say Vi has the very slight advantage, just from the raw damage it gives, and fact that she doesn't have to use mana for it.

For E, Lee again has the advantage. It has a 4.4 second longer cooldown, but the first cast is an AoE damage and gives true sight, and the second cast slows everyone hit by the first. Vi's E is only an AA reset, and the cone damage is rarely used to much effect. Lee wins here again, as with the stealth changes, the reveal is extremely useful. The slow also keeps his target in rage of his energy-refunding AAs.

For R, Vi's is a point and click with 800 range, where she cannot be stopped and will knock up her target for 1.25 seconds. However, once cast she must complete it, as her ult puts hard CC on her that cannot be removed. She moves at a fair pace, and the ring around her target makes her easy to see coming and makes her target clear. The target can gain a spell shield from an ally or themselves, which will negate the knockup and damage of the ult, but Vi will be forced to go into the animation, leaving her completely open for those 1.25 seconds, with no benefits at all, besides the dubious benefit of now being closer to the enemy. It does 3/4 of its modest damage to everyone she passes through, and knocks them aside a small distance. Max damage is 450 + 140% BAD. At 30% CDR, it has a 56 second cooldown.

Lee's R is also a point and click, with 375 range and knocks his target back up to 1200 units over 1 second. When cast, his target is rooted in place and there is a .25 second delay before they are hit. This does 600 + 200% BAD. If the target hits any number of their allies while traveling, that ally takes not only the full damage of the kick, but an additional 18% of the kicked target's health as bonus damage, and is knocked up themselves for a second. In addition, a Lee player with quick fingers can cast the ult and immediately flash to a different point relative to his target in order to kick them in the desired direction. It can only be spellshielded if the target or ally has predicted the kick, as a quarter second (250 ms) is barely enough time to react to the kick at all, let alone use an ability. At 30% CDR, it has a 42 second cooldown.

Lee has the advantage in Q, E, and R, with VI only taking W by a very slim margin. As I stated before, the reason Vi has a higher winrate than Lee is because she is easier. Lee should be a very difficult champion to play that rewards people who play him well, much like Vayne should be. Just like no everone should be Gosu, not everyone should dominate with Lee either. So yes, high skillfloor champions should be trash in inexperienced player's hands, because that is exactly what high skillfloor means. You did not take me to school, but instead provided me with the perfect opportunity to see you got an education.