User blog comment:Deshiba/No counterplay/@comment-4290320-20140519062108/@comment-5266525-20140520194934

@Des - how can you flat out admit that his damage falls off without any gain in utility and still claim that he doesn't fall off?

And Lee is a situational initiator at best. He has to land his skillshot on an MVP and they have to be out of position to do it because his dash is more telegraphed than an adware browser add-on.

@Marko - Utility itself never falls off on ANY champion. Does that mean a champion can never fall off?

Lee scales down as time goes on not only because he loses his relative damage output but his utility becomes harder to bring to bear against enemies who actually care about it.