Lee Sin buff...

hey i was wondering when the complaining would start and here it is!

congrats on being the first person to cry about a champion that is weak getting buffs!

These buffs are completely and utterly justified. Lee Sin was already in a pretty weak spot, but with Sightstone and Tracker's Knife being removed he's in a terrible spot. He has a bad early game which is supposed to be balanced out by strong early-mid game, but with Tracker's Knife being removed he loses a bunch of mobility. This is honestly not the buff that he needs, this is a slight band aid to the steaming pile of shit that is season 8 Lee Sin. I don't even see why you're fucking crying.

What even is the problem?

Lee Sin is supposed to be a pain in the ass early, and this buff does not affect his early game whatsoever. It only gives him a small nudge in mid-late.

I've never played more than a couple games with lee nor do I care that much about his state, but I'm not a fan of the trajectory taken to mitigate the Tracker's knife loss. I like champion uniqueness and I think that this curbed one of the coolest, unique playstyles that is really enjoyable to watch in pro. A stats buff, something very generic, peeled away unique power in favor for something boring. He can still make some plays, but I think the frequency with which he was able to use ward hopping as an overall massive mobility advantage became his trademark.

I think the solution is just a Unique item for Lee to build out of Talisman/Machete. Instead of a ward, it could provide charges of a visionless totem he can dash to. It needs to be mostly visionless, otherwise he would have an incredible vision advantage over any other champ. It could instantly grant vision like a Cait trap so that he could make a sudden hop over a wall in a bind. Quickly after however, it loses vision and Lee can only dash to totems in his sight. They should last for a while (20/30sec) or so on the map, should be destroyed by two basic attacks, and should not be invisible to the enemy. There could be a lesser item with 1-2 charges and the fully completed item with 3 charges. He will not get Chilling/Challenging Smite which would be an opportunity cost of choosing this item. Maybe going into Standard jungle items for one of those smite spells is an alternative path, further diversifying situational builds and healthy league blah blah. Anyways, I think it's a pretty simple solution that makes sense.