Said it before and I'll say it again

LC$BIGPLAY$ is a bad-faith excuse for not understanding why a thing actually is the way it is.

Case in point: Lee Sin. I don't know exactly why he's so strong. In fact, the view from Bronze is that he's a pile of crap. Possible causes for why he remains so strong:

• It's hard to balance a stat that has no objective value, e.g. mobility.
• He is extremely skill-based (queue ward-hopping jokes/complaints). I've heard that even in Gold Lee is not a guaranteed win. I've seen maybe three good Ez players in my life, but he hovers at ~15% pickrate in Master+ 5v5 Ranked and seems to be a solid pick in the LCS. It's hard to balance a champ so that someone in Bronze, or at least Silver, can play them, while not making them completely broken at higher levels of play.
• He has a lot of stats. Again, the problem here is that half of that is rewards for correctly executing his high cap skills.

But this isn't a Lee Sin thread. This is about LC$BIGPLAY$. Which I believe is BS. Discuss.