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So there are reasons it was removed. Good reasons as to why it was removed. And Lee Sin rushing it had almost nothing to do with it.
Green Smite was removed because high elo players and pros bought it in almost all of their games and provided too much vision for their teams, making games drag on as a result of the absurd amount of safety the extra vision provided.
In low elo, however, almost no one other than Lee Sin players purchased the item. And Lee Sin players at low elo only bought the item for the extra ward hopping.
I did as Amumu, and it's removal was devastating as a jungler that gets frequently invaded and in gold people don't ward much, so it's really punishing when you can't D up vision. Thankfully, full on invaders seem less common currently.
Am tired of being punished for how pros play. My allies aren't pros, and they don't ward for ****