Riot as a company is Incompetent, Lazy, Untrustworthy and Irresponsible when it comes to Lee Sin.
1). Incompetent - adjective 1. not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate. Riot has many times in the past nerfed lee sin. The fact that he is still wildly popular, extremely effective and constantly picked and banned is a testament to how truly strong this champion was at release, and an even bigger testament to how Incompetent Riot is at delivering a balanced Lee Sin to League Players. This champion is still insanely strong to this date, and for 3+ years this champion has reigned supreme for reasons unknown to the rest of us. For anyone who is actually unbiased and objective. The true mark of shame comes with the heavy nerfs Lee Sin was about to receive, and rightfully needed in order to bring him to a level where he actually has strengths and weaknesses, but Riot reverted them. And this is where the truly receive the description of Incompetency.
2). **Lazy ** - adjective, lazier, laziest. 1. averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent. It is one thing to be incompetent at the task of nerfing Lee Sin. This would suggest Lee Sin had many nerfs in nearly ever single patch from the date he was released, to now. This is not the case. Lee Sin has had many patches in which he was not nerfed, and was still absurdly strong in the jungle (and sometimes in mid and top lane too). Riot as a company are not stupid. They are obviously extremely successful. This is why I believe they are truly lazy, because it has not escaped them that Lee Sin is an incredibly powerful champion that has single handedly warped competitive play. They just refuse to do anything about it. And that is being lazy.
3). Untrustworthy - adjective 1. not worthy of being trusted: untrustworthy witnesses You have a trust with your players to do your utmost to create a game that not only is fun, but fair to your players. As players, we understand things will take time, and that not everything will immediately be fair, as game balance is an ongoing process. We get that. What there is not to get is how long this Champion has remained a steaming pile of brokeness and overpoweredness (NEW WORD!). For 3 years he has remained the king of the jungle, and while others momentarily shined in the same spotlight as him, no one has ever truly taken his spotlight for long. How can we trust a company who purposefully keeps a champion like Lee Sin, who is clearly problematic and in dire need of balancing, overpowered? If there are internal debates as to if Lee Sin is overpowered or not? Quell them. The people arguing in favor of keeping Lee Sin the way he is right now are wrong and it is as simple as that. These people in your company have NO right to voice their opinions on balance, and probably shouldn't be part of the balancing team. The most critical part of breaking this trust with your players is the small ineffectual nerfs that took the place of the massively needed nerfs that were reverted. That was a spit in the face of anyone who actually wants true balance for this game. These changes didn't even effect Lee Sin at all. He's still at large. How can we trust a company who breaks their promises constantly concerning balance?
4). Irresponsible - adjective 1. said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible. For a long time you have shown how irresponsible you are concerning balance to Lee Sin. Time and Time again, when a PBE Patch gets deployed and there are no meaningful Lee Sin nerfs on it, for every time you speak of Lee Sin, and don't follow it up in the months to come with clearly defined action, and for every time we watch the LCS or high ranked games and see Lee Sin constantly picked, banned, and outclassing everyone, you show how irresponsible you are at maintaining balance to Lee Sin. You have had ample opportunities to nerf him. You have the data, I know you do because we players ALSO have the data that fully supports Lee Sin is just stupidly ridiculous in every level. Yet nothing is done. There is no excuse anymore that you can use. It's been 3 years. We're done waiting. We need immediate action.
5). Closing Thoughts While clearly its dumb to label you guys in everything you ever do that you have ever done, as what I have described above, I don't. You guys have, overall, done a great job. But we play your game everyday, and game balance is probably the most important thing when it comes to this game, because it directly affects our enjoyment in various ways. You can rectify and remove these labels that I have assigned to you, by just seriously going over Lee Sin and nerfing him.
No one wants him completely destroyed. While I'm super pissed off, I don't want him removed from the game. I just want him to have valid strengths and weaknesses like every other champion in this game. Currently, he has none. Ziltch. Zero. Notta. Don't make one up, dont try and play semantics on this. He literally has no weaknesses when he is in that jungle. And you should actually balance him as such.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
