Lee dropped from a 51% win rate to 47% after nerf;

I GANK LANES·Jan 23, 2017·2 votes·706 views

Thanks Riot, also thanks for nerfing his thematics with him E now no longer revealing invisible champs... Heh

9 Comments

AhristocatsJan 23, 20173 votes

this E nerf came from nowhere

idk why they did it

ShaydroxJan 23, 20174 votes

Probably because it caused him to hardcounter champions reliant on stealth. The new stealth allowed Akali, for example, to actually be difficult to track for the enemy team. Untill Lee decided to outright negate that ability by pressing E within her shroud.....

The problem is that before there were so many counters to stealth that Lee's E was fine like this. Now that hardly anything counters stealth, his E having such a large radius made him the ultimate stealth counter, which made him FotM against everyone trying the new assassins.

AhristocatsJan 23, 20173 votes

it's been 6 years that lee is a hard counter to stealth champions

and to negate their stealth he needed to be in melee range which didn't work everytime Lee is a generalist, instead of pushing his kit to focus on one thing riot nerfed what was unique in his kit instead of nerfing free things that wasn't unique in his kit

ShaydroxJan 23, 20171 votes

"it's been 6 years that lee is a hard counter to stealth champions" Everyone who had 75g was a hard counter to stealth champions, that's what Riot's been trying to fix.

"and to negate their stealth he needed to be in melee range which didn't work everytime" Oh come on Lee is one of the best champions mobility wise, this isn't a serious argument is it?

Zero Skill TankJan 23, 20172 votes

Maybe because the most generalist champion in the game doesn't deserve to also be the ultimate stealth counter. It was passable when stealth champs was almost always revealed anyway, but now that stealth is supposed to be reliable, existence of a champion who reveals it with half of his kit while also having crazy pick rates stopped being acceptable.

AhristocatsJan 23, 20171 votes

that's the problem, he shouldn't be a generalist

Brain Errör 404Jan 23, 20172 votes

Yasuo also went from a 52% WR to a 49%. Whats going on doe?

Craft ZeppelinJan 23, 20172 votes

But...lee always had that sort of winrate. Being around 50% was a anomaly.

ThugWalrusJan 23, 20171 votes

Champs always drop like a rock after nerfs. He'll come back up a couple ticks by the end of next patch I bet, most dont drop and stay low, they equalize somewhere in the middle.

To be honest, a so-called "high-skilled champ" should have a sub-50% winrate given how high his playrate is.