Why is Lee so popular?

Call A Dr·12/21/2015, 11:40:57 PM·1 votes·558 views

I would like to understand, why is lee played constantly?

His popularity is so fkin high,

He counters, i counter his counter, every...single....game.

Annoying though,

Why?

13 Comments

King of Mongoose12/21/2015, 11:42:09 PM1 votes

he's a high skill champion so people want to practice him in hopes that they can some day become competent at the game

LegacyDAP12/21/2015, 11:42:30 PM1 votes

Lee is played because:

  1. High mobility, which gives him good ganks
  2. His plays are flashy, and you can't deny that flashy plays are fun for the majority of people
  3. He is actually really strong with his damage, and his kit in general.

Why isn't he nerfed you ask? The world may never know.

Dragonface12/22/2015, 12:12:49 AM1 votes

Because LC$ big plays.

Naa but seriously, he's a champ that wrecks almost anything Pre-Plat, if the player is good. Therefore, most players who play Lee main him on a pretty consistent basis, and if you're silver (like me) you'll probably get shredded all the time by them.

However, there are STILL a ton of people out there that see other Lee players and go "I can totally do that!", they try it, and fail terribly.

I do disagree on the strong damage though. If the player is just mediocre at playing him, they really won't do anything besides feed, as he is an extremely item dependent champion. Ever see a Lee build full tank with no AD items? He's pretty much only good for E and R.

He's balanced, but he sure doesn't seem it to us average players.

Hayaishi212/22/2015, 12:14:55 AM1 votes

He's pretty fun and is strong when played correctly, that's about it.

Hencho10112/22/2015, 12:52:24 AM1 votes

Lee is a played because:

  1. he is a strong pick
  2. you can make BIG LC$ plays
  3. He is FUN AF!!!
  4. If you can get a good lead you can have fun
darkmatchwaldo12/22/2015, 12:52:26 AM1 votes

He is fun as hell to play and has a crazy good early game, in soloQ most games are decided by the first 10-15 minutes so he can really get a game snowballing fast.

Koldheartedjsp12/22/2015, 12:54:20 AM1 votes
  1. he's fun to play
  2. he's good in the hands of a competent player
  3. it allows the player to show off their skill
  4. There's only so much you can do with a garen to show off your mechanical skill

but with lee, you can look like a god

Sinister Anubis12/22/2015, 12:58:36 AM1 votes

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I would like to understand, why is lee played constantly?

His popularity is so fkin high,

He counters, i counter his counter, every...single....game.

Annoying though,

Why?

Ok hes extremely popular because of how his kit is designed. He has 2 forums of mobility, ward hopping displacement cc great passive that gives you a reason to auto attack not the greatest at aoe but still decent comes with a slow (use to slow attack speed too) High early game damage and a execute, many ways to use his combo one of my favorites is Q AA E AA Ulti then Follow with the Q execute and the W ward hope/ally/minion. Super fun to play and feels very rewarding and if you mess up hes pretty forgiving.

Old Man Teeto12/22/2015, 1:12:49 AM1 votes

Lee Sin can be quite fun, he can also be very rewarding and the game feels like you have total control of it as a jungler.

BattleBoar12/22/2015, 1:26:15 AM1 votes

No idea. I have try him before and why I'm not that good in the first place.. I can never have fun on him or feel usefully on him. Likely do to being a fan of CC support tanks. I dont care for kills but to help the team.

Maximum Morde12/22/2015, 1:30:39 AM1 votes

Because he's one of the safest champions in the League and people hate dying.

MunchCrunchLunch12/22/2015, 2:44:50 AM1 votes

flashy. and hes overloaded. the word overloaded is an understatement. he can just kick you away if hes about to die or dive you and shield himself from turret hits. or he can dash away. he has so many ways of defense yet he does so much damage and he has mobility.