Just watched a Spectator match.

Not a Lee Sin OP nerf him thread. Simply noticing and showing what I saw, and how ridiculous it looks. As usual, noticed Lee Sin was doing exceptionally well for being at least 1 level behind everyone. Opposite jungler was Vi, 1 level ahead, around 600+ gold ahead.

Lee Sin (15) with only DPS being Warrior Enchant on jungle item: AD - 222 Vi (16) same thing but also a Phage: AD - 212

All of Lee Sin's abilities do 10 - 20% more damage than all of Vi's abilities thanks to the scaling. Lee is also tankier since the money invested on Vi's Phage instead went into Giant's Belt and Cloth for him, yet still more AD.

At this point in the game: Lee is tankier than Vi, Lee has more over-all damage than Vi (both in abilities and AA,) God knows Lee is way more mobile than Vi, yet Lee is 1 level under Vi and has earned less gold. He's proving it in 1 v 1's vs Vi, as well as more impact in teamfights.

This has nothing to do with skill, it has nothing to do with his abilities; it's a clear fact that Lee, despite being at a decent disadvantage to his counter-part jungler in both levels and gold, out-scales her in every aspect. His entire kit has more damage and utility.

Only advantage she has is a better engage, but once she engages it's either winning the teamfight or she's dead. If Lee engages and things go south, disappear into the jungle. Vi is by no means a bad jungler, and I'm not trying to point that out/suggest buff her, she actually seems to be one of the better ones. Lee is proving to be a contradiction. He's at a disadvantage to his counter-part jungler, yet he has an advantage over her

Why is that allowed? I understand if someone is in equal standings with Lee and he has slightly better stats than him, that's most champions. But when he's that far behind?