Apparently Lee Sin is in meta. Says the casters.

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Excuse me? When is he not in the meta.

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charcharmunro78 votes

Before he was released, he wasn't in meta.

...I think.

Retillin24 votes

You know, I'm not sure that is correct.... But I don't know enough about science to disagree.

macromite19 votes

as someone who remembers those days vaguely, I can confirm the lee sin has been meta since before riot became a company. lee sin is the meta.

Solaxo2 votes

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as someone who remembers those days vaguely, I can confirm the lee sin has been meta since before riot became a company. lee sin is the meta.

No. When Lee Sin was released, he was total garbage. Then they overbuffed him.

It Hertz When IP13 votes

This joke

Your head.

PalPlays1 votes

No, I'm pretty sure Brawl's Meta Knight is the definition and embodiment of the meta.

macromite2 votes

brawls meta knight is actually lee sin crouching while wearing a mask.

Keevalroy39 votes

There was a brief period during the Cinderhulk meta...and then Cinder got nerfed, tanks got butchered, and Lee was buffed all around the same time. God forbid we'd see a few months where he wasn't in every other game.

Rikari27 votes

Lee Sin isn't in meta. ** Lee Sin IS THE META. LEE SIN DEFINES THE META**

A Miss Fortune8 votes

Last time Lee Sin wasn't meta they gave his passive and already horribly overpowered ultimate a buff.

Ariel the Cruel9 votes

Those weren't buffs, they were "QoL changes" to help new people use him. Totally not buffs in any way. (>_>)

A Miss Fortune15 votes

Yeah, 21% max bonus health damage on the same ult with like 600 base damage and a 200% AD ratio isn't going to effect the experienced players at all.

High51 votes

I agree, but Draven ... I'm sure like the world, the meta belongs to him.

BasedJarvan42019 votes

Lee Sin is one of the most overloaded champs in the game and that says a lot because this game also has Thresh.

Lee crowds out so many other junglers it's crazy.

The lee apologists are hilarious too.

Even rush made a lee sin video guide where he fucking tried to downplay the strengths lmao.

It's actually getting sad at this point because I love using lee, but the apologists are getting out of control.

Every time Rito even THINKS about nerfing lee, reddit and all the pros start pissing their pants on twitter.

It's really pathetic.

Squarefighter4 votes

I'm pretty sure Rush knows a lot more about Lee's strengths and weaknesses than BasedJarvan420

LankPants7 votes

I'm pretty sure Rush knows a lot more about Lee's strengths and weaknesses than BasedJarvan420

He probably does, but he's also probably just as biased if not more biased than BasedJarvan420.

Of course Rush isn't going to say Lee's too strong, regardless of whether the champ is or not, in doing so he'd add credibility to the "nerf Lee" cause. That's the last thing Rush would want to do, it's an action that can only impact him negativity if that credibility leads to his best champ getting nerfed.

Gregor Gysi2 votes

Well Rush was talking about soloQ and let's be honest here.. Lee Sin doesn't have the greatest performance in soloQ at the moment. Even Lee Sin Plat+ players with more than 125 rankeds on Lee do not manage to get a 50% winrate in average. So yeah, Lee Sin is in fact overrated in terms of soloQ strengths - but there is no doubt that he is extremely strong in professional play.

IcyPepper2 votes

That's the con of using a high skillcap as an argument.

You get the high skillcap, or the solo queue winrate.

And 48% winrate with a 33% pick rate isn't that bad either.

Gregor Gysi1 votes

I don't think that this is the con of the 'high skillcap argument', this is the con of having a high skillcap.

Also you gotta look at the winrate/games played. As I pointed out, even experienced Lee Sin players have a winrate that is below 50%. That is actually 'that bad'. Any lower and it'd be a trash winrate..

Vagabound1 votes

Well their kits are so overloaded that anything above subpar would be horribly oppressive. Not many characters can do literally everything. I'm pretty sure no character should be able to, but Riot thinks otherwise with Lee and Azir. It's easier to list off what they can't do than what they can just because they can do so much. Azir isn't as overloaded anymore and that's only because they removed a chunk of his utility in the knockback from E and ridiculous burst from multi soldier Q.

Lee: Slow, Stun, Knockback, Knockup, 2 Sources of True Vision, 2 Dashes, Self Shield, Ally Shield, High Base Skill Damage, High Scaling Skill Damage, Long Range Skillshot Engage, Attack Speed Steroid, Sustain

Azir: Slow, Knockback, Terrain Creation, Self Shield, Long Range Multi Target Sustained Damage, Long Range Dash, Tower Creation, Wall Bounce Perma Stun

Vagabound1 votes

They're strictly balanced by how hard it is to access all of their power. They are purely balanced by how bad people are at them. That's bad design IMO because the better the people get at accessing their full kit, the more their kit will need to be stripped down. By the time they're actually healthy, their core fans will have barely anything to identify from them.

Gregor Gysi1 votes

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Well their kits are so overloaded that anything above subpar would be horribly oppressive.

Well yea, that's why it's okay that Lee&Azir are in such a bad spot.

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Not many characters can do literally everything. I'm pretty sure no character should be able to, but Riot thinks otherwise with Lee and Azir.

They literally can't do anything. They can do a lot when played to their full potential, arguably more than most champions, but still not everything.

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It's easier to list off what they can't do than what they can just because they can do so much.

Nah. Stop exaggerating, everyone agrees with Lee&Azir having a lot of possibilities, there is no need for you to exaggerate.

{quoted} low, Stun, Knockback, Knockup, 2 Sources of True Vision, 2 Dashes, Self Shield, Ally Shield, High Base Skill Damage, High Scaling Skill Damage, Long Range Skillshot Engage, Attack Speed Steroid, Sustain

Cannot: Invincibility, Terrain Creation, Stun (?), blink, reliable dash (needs target for both), resourceless, reliable range damage, harass through minions, defensive steroids, steroids beside AS buff, ranged autoattacks, revive passive, fear, charme, silence, CC immunity, tenacity, block, supression, pet control, long range multi target sustained damage, tower creation, wall bounce perma stun, true damage list goes on

{quoted} low, Stun, Knockback, Knockup, 2 Sources of True Vision, 2 Dashes, Self Shield, Ally Shield, High Base Skill Damage, High Scaling Skill Damage, Long Range Skillshot Engage, Attack Speed Steroid, Sustain

Azir: Slow, Knockback, Terrain Creation, Self Shield, Long Range Multi Target Sustained Damage, Long Range Dash, Tower Creation, Wall Bounce Perma Stun, heal,

Doesn't have: invincibility, knockup, blink, resourceless, defensive steroids, revive passive, fear, charm, silence, CC immunity, tenacity, block, supression, 2 sources of true vision, ally shield, ally heal, high base skill damage list goes on

Yes both are overloaded - and yet you still have to exaggerate just to make clear how much you hate those champions. Everything constructive has been said already, why do you have to meddle? What's your point? You chose to say simply wrong things to prove.. What exactly?

Vagabound1 votes

-The allies Lee's target get hit into get knocked up. -Azir's wall is considered a knockup for the sake of Yasuo ult. I- guess you haven't seen Azir ult a target into a wall. It bounces them repeatedly doing damage each time and making them -unable to act. It's similar to Anivia's wall except infinite ricochet. -Lee and Azir both have shields, that's a defensive steroid. -Azir's wall is considered terrain, he creates terrain. -Lee provides true vision with Q and E on targets he hits. -Lee gives the target he dashes to a shield. -Have you seen Lee's skill numbers?

Are you trying to refute me just for the sake of? Or do you seriously lack so much game knowledge and are not aware of what the characters actually have and can do? Also good job adding heal to Azir when quoting me. Can't even quote properly.

Gregor Gysi1 votes

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-The allies Lee's target get hit into get knocked up.

I know..

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-Azir's wall is considered a knockup for the sake of Yasuo ult.

Goddamn, do you even know the basics? Yasuo's Ult isn't triggered by knock-ups, it's triggered by airborne. Knocked-up champions are considered airborne, knock-backed champions aswell. But knock-back still isn't a knock-up. Learn the basics.

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I- guess you haven't seen Azir ult a target into a wall. It bounces them repeatedly doing damage each time and making them -unable to act. It's similar to Anivia's wall except infinite ricochet.

I've seen it. I never said that Azir isn't able to do that, lol. I said Lee isn't able to do that - to prove that there are more things that Lee/Azir can't do than things they can do.

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-Lee and Azir both have shields, that's a defensive steroid.

An ability that increases one or more of a champion's base stats. Shield's do not increase the HP of a champion - that's why % HP abilities do not deal more damage to shielded champions. Here is the definition of steroid. Again, learn the basics.

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-Azir's wall is considered terrain, he creates terrain.

Which I never denied. I said that Lee'Sin isn't able to create terrain (again, to show how there's more they can't do than what they can do).

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-Lee provides true vision with Q and E on targets he hits. -Lee gives the target he dashes to a shield. -Have you seen Lee's skill numbers?

You got confused when reading my post, lol. Read it again. I never said Lee isn't able to do these things.

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Are you trying to refute me just for the sake of? Or do you seriously lack so much game knowledge and are not aware of what the characters actually have and can do? Also good job adding heal to Azir when quoting me. Can't even quote properly.

Stop shittalking when you a: can't even understand my main point - that there are more things either Lee and Azir can't do than things they can do. b: don't even know the basics like differentiating knock-ups, knock-backs and airborne.

I'm not surprised that you think that I am stupid - after all you don't even know your stuff. Please read the LoL wiki before accusing me of being dumb, thx.

Vagabound1 votes

Yup you're just being reactionary to be reactionary. I don't care.

Gregor Gysi1 votes

Ahh, you've realized what airborne is and how you were basically insulting me for no reason - that's awesome! Glad to help you out.

Mael bro18 votes

As long as he has his kit, The Cancer Monk will never be fully balanced. He has too many perks with no sacrifices. Anyone who disagrees with me is a goddamn delusional Lee fanboy.

Keevalroy7 votes

Anyone who disagrees with me is a goddamn delusional Lee fanboy.

Or a member of the incredibly talented, player-focused, and totally unbiased balance team.

Kappa

Decrit14 votes

You clearly don't know what are you talking about, so let me clue you in.

Lee Sin is not in Meta. He is the Meta.

A champion becomes Op and gets nerfed, and you think that of Lee? No!

Lee Sin the one who nerfs!

Leadpaintchips3 votes

Reading this, they need to do a Chuck Norris skin for him.

Hawkefire3 votes

They did better than that, they made a Bruce Lee skin for him. Reason being, in a duel between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee won.

Leadpaintchips1 votes

I love the Bruce Lee skin for him, but the only thing that is more troll than Chuck Norris would be if Lee Rick Rolled us.

Sad Robot Amumu1 votes

I think you mean a Heisenlee skin :D

BasedJarvan4206 votes

As soon as lee almost fell out of the meta they buffed the fuck out of his ult lmao.

Even during cinderhulk he was relevant. Maybe he wasn't as good as the other tanks, but he didn't fall off the face of the earth like the other junglers who weren't good with cinderhulk. He's so versatile due to his overloaded kit that he can fit into basically any team comp.

There is no jungler in the game that is as versatile as lee sin with his combination of range, mobility, innate sustain, energy as a resource (instead of mana), high base damage and high ability ratios.

RyzeRework2 votes

Elise

MakersF6 votes

Elise was shit for months. People didn't even bother looking at her. That never happened to lee sin

Leadpaintchips4 votes

And the thing is, you can build him tanky and still be an effective tank. He is so versatile, it's rather sick.

I GANK LANES1 votes

lee sin is never a tank, lol. thats like saying yeah you can build vayne tanky and shes still an effective tank

Leadpaintchips4 votes

I have seen him build tanky, and with the amount of disruption that he can bring, he actually does it well. Gap closer, slow, disruption r, shield/escape. The only thing he doesn't bring is a large aoe hard cc, and there's a lot of tanks who don't do that.

I GANK LANES1 votes

cc doesn't make someone a tank, lol

Retillin1 votes

That is Riot's definition of a tank. In their new model, a champion with good CC who is tanking is a tank. One with high damage and lower CC is a juggernaut. The problem is, they still have too many exceptions for this to be true. But have stated it's where they wish to push the champions.

I GANK LANES1 votes

you cant be a tank without being tanky. the only thing that could consider lee being a tank is safeguard which is nothing.

Retillin2 votes

Just a few base stats at level 18.

Champ A: armour 87, MR 53, HP 2016, shield maxed 200 HP + ap Champ B: armour 90, MR 53, HP 2038, 85 +17% max HP Champ C: armour 93, MR 53, HP 2016, 220 HP + ap Champ D: armour 86, MR 53, HP 2096, none

So not counting utility (mobility, stuns, ect..) or damage, only 1 of those looks really tanky. Although 3 of them are "tanks" by Riot's labels. Being "tanky" is very dependent on items over kit. I'm not saying Lee Sin IS a tank. I'm saying he can be a tank. (He is one of those 4 champs)

IcyPepper1 votes

You can also be tanky without being a tank, btw.

CC and tankiness makes for a tank, damage and tankiness makes for a bruiser/juggernaut. Defensive steroids help, but they are not always a requirement to be a tank (

Lee Sin is a bruiser, because of his E's slow and his main knockup being tied to his ultimate, giving him decent but not tank levels of cc. His safeguard has little to do with that classification.

But, before you misquote me, tankiness and good cc makes a tank a tank. CC without the tankiness is typically a support or utility mage (Nami and Orianna are good examples), and tankiness without enough cc is merely a bruiser/juggernaut (Garen is borderline, but Vi and Darius are better examples).

I GANK LANES1 votes

exactly, which classifies lee as a bruiser and not a tank, to my first point being exactly that.

Retillin1 votes

I disagree with both of you here. Lee isn't a bruiser, he isn't a tank, he isn't an assassin (as Riot labels him). He is whatever you want him to be. He can, and does, fill just about every role a melee can.

IcyPepper1 votes

?

He can fill the tank role in a team comp as much as any other bruiser can, but that doesn't classify him as a tank.

He's some weird fighter/assassin mix. He's most definitely a bruiser, whose kits can fit somewhere between fighter and assassin with Vi being the premiere example, but he doesn't have tank levels of cc.

He's incredibly versatile, and can be built full tank to full AD and anywhere in between, but that doesn't make him a tank. Tankiness does not define tanks, and Lee just plain doesn't have enough tools due to his generalized (is that the right word? Versatile? Spread out?) kit. If he had some defensive passive steroid, or he had the capability of stunning with a basic ability, he would be a tank (and OP with his current kit). But he isn't. He is the premiere, non-juggernaut, bruiser.

Leadpaintchips4 votes

"And the thing is, you can build him tanky and still be an effective tank"

This was the comment that I posted that started this. I didn't claim Lee Sin was a tank, I said he could build as a tank and still be effective. Tombdragon nailed what I was trying to say, that Lee is that whole saying "You can be whatever you want to be." Your team needs a tank? Lee can do that. You need an assassin? Lee's got that. You need a peeler? Lee's your man.

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