Talk:Lee Sin/@comment-24496127-20140716033238/@comment-9705522-20140716200711

3d post, xelnath. "But remember how we had some severe changes on PBE, but you guys said that they were overtuned, so we changed it back?". It really is because he is popular.

The problem of course is, you cant really openly say that. Else you get backlash. Which we also saw there, as that post got downvoted quite heavily, even though Xelnath is a popular Riot member.

They have to sell the delay in a way that doesnt piss people off. Even if its not quite honest. We have the data. We know that whenever Lee is popular, variety goes down, if he isnt, variety goes up. We know he has countless problems.

Also, the whole "Lee is a jungle defining pick, we cant just nerf him" ... that didnt stop them from gutting Kha. And still not admitting that the changes were way overboard. In fact, the only "compensation" is a 15 base damage buff that wont help at all.

Fact is, there is no reason not to nerf Lee right now, outside of one. Popularity. You would piss off a lot of people by nerfing Lee hard, or better yet, removing him. We saw that the last time they tried. And its understandable, they are a company after all.

But at this point, if they want to help their game, they have to ignore the Lee mains, and simply retune or rework him. It might piss them off, but in the end it will help the games health. And that matters a lot more.