Riot-"Lee Sin doesn't need nerfs at the moment because he is crowding out other junglers now"

Budupops·Apr 6, 2015·4 votes·381 views

Explain to me why he wasn't nerfed in the past 4 years, when he was crowding out every tank jungler in the game? Oh wait. #lcsbigplays

Edit: Lee sin has been love tapped so he doesn't become ban worthy in the lcs and therefore continue to make big plays.

7 Comments

Sailor MintApr 6, 20154 votes

Lee Sin patch changelog since pre-Season 3. His last buff was in the Vayne patch.

4.20

General
- BASE ARMOR : 26 ⇒ 24
- BASE HEALTH REGENERATION : +9.4 health per 5 seconds ⇒ +7.4 health per 5 seconds

4.13

* General
    * BASE HEALTH REGEN 6.95 health per 5 seconds ⇒ 8.95 health per 5 seconds
* W - Safeguard
    * SHIELD DURATION 4 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
* E - Cripple
    * REMOVED NEVER SKIP LEG DAY Cripple no longer reduces enemy attack speed (only reduces movement speed)

4.5

* W - Safeguard
    * COOLDOWN: 9 seconds ⇒ 14 seconds
    "NEW" UTILITY: Cooldown reduced by 50% if cast on Lee Sin or an allied champion
    SHIELD DURATION: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
    "REMOVED" UTILITY: Lee Sin gains a shield when Safeguard is cast on non-champion units

* W - Iron Will
    * DURATION: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

3.15

* W - Safeguard
    * Now only shields the target if the ally is a champion

1.0.0.154 (Pre-Season 3)

* Safeguard
    * Fixed a bug where the tooltip incorrectly stated that  Lee Sin regained energy when the shield was broken
* Iron Will
    * No longer grants armor while active
    * Life steal and spell vamp increased to 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% from 5 / 9 / 13 / 17 / 21%
* Cripple
    * Slow amount reduced at earlier ranks to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60% from 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5 / 60%
    * Range reduced to 600 from 800

BudupopsApr 6, 20153 votes

love taps, he still crowded out tank junglers all other seasons

IcyPepperApr 6, 20153 votes

Still the highest picked jungler...

How can you change pick rate without wrecking everyone's win rates? :/

HeWolfApr 6, 20152 votes

I think that he got some nerfs, simply they weren't enough to kick him out of the meta because his kit is so overloaded that you can't "balance" him unless you do a Veigar (TM).

Shadow GilgameshApr 6, 20151 votes

I DO think it's funny as hell that to keep tanks from being crowded out of the jungle by Lee Sin, Vi and J4 they had to make them strong enough that people are complaining about the "return of the tank meta"