Talk:Lee Sin/@comment-24496127-20140716033238/@comment-9705522-20140718221842

Take a look at pick rates, look at the amount of picks when Lee is popular compared to when he isnt, and then look at all the data to eliminate it. Its a long process.

Nope. He wouldnt just be a safer pick, he would be a better pick. Think about it like this. If you pick character X, your enemy can pick someone who easily deals with you. This includes character Y. If you pick character Y, this cant happen, because every matchup you have is highly favourable for you.

There is, in fact, a game where this happened. Its not as well known, but oh well. In this case, Exdeath is character X, and Ultemicia is character Y. Exdeath was a brutal pick. His omniblock, a blocking ability that literally blocked everything and caused a stagger, even attacks that break the normal block and all other defenses (HP attacks and certain other attacks). If you were, for example, Cloud, you had no chance of winning. However, he had certain matchups where he failed, because of attacks with special properties (ranged multi-hit attacks or special attacks that are too difficult to explain).

On the other hand we had ultimicia. She was different. She didnt have a "counter all" move. She had no way of pretty much sealing the deal. However, she had very powerful multi-hit attacks, attacks with special properties (time delayed), and some other neat things. While her average matchup rate wasnt on par with Exdeaths, and she didnt do as well in certain matchups, her matchup rate was consistent accross the board. She most likely won against every character, INCLUDING Exdeath. Exdeath however struggled with her, cloud of darkness and a few others.

Now, by your logic, Exdeath would be the superior pick, right? Nope. Exdeath was ranked S tier, and was the third most played character. Ultimecia was ranked SSS tier and the by far most picked character. She dominated just about every tournament. Why? Because everyone would pick her. She always was an advantage, after all. Now, you could have tried picking Exdeath, but chances are, you run into Ultimecia. And she will probably win. So why not be safe and pick Ultimecia instead? Noone can counter you that way, and if a poor fool picks Exdeath, you will have an easier time. This is the problem that Lee has.