LoL players have noticed that this champion is in a really strange situation right now. Why?
It will come as no surprise that some characters from League of Legends are more popular than others. It’s been like this forever, and most often it turned out that popular heroes are also quite strong in the current meta, which makes playing them simply worthwhile.
The community was surprised by the fact that one of the most popular junglers in all of LoL is doing really poorly. His win ratio is almost the lowest in the game. It’s about Lee Sin.
Lee Sin’s current situation in League of Legends
Lee Sin appeared on Summoner’s Rift on April 1, 2011, over 11 years ago. Today she is a really recognizable and well-liked figure. It is difficult to find a LoL player who would not know him.
The hero’s fans are really surprised because although he is one of the most popular junglers in the game, he is also on the podium in terms of the number of games lost.
The champion’s win ratio is really bad as it is slightly above 45%. This is 3% more than Ryze, who is currently the weakest character in League of Legends.
In terms of popularity, Lee Sin is doing really well. According to statistics on lolalytics.com, the hero is in 4th place in the jungler popularity ranking. Only Viego, Wukong, and Graves are better than him.
Statistics show that the win rate of the described champion has been dropping over the last few patches, and the controversial update 12.10 has had a strong impact on his usability.
The last update that affected the endurance of the heroes meant that Lee Sin’s players can no longer eliminate some opponents immediately. The fights are much longer, which strongly affects the style of play of individual characters. Some LoL players are incredibly happy about it, others are complaining that they can no longer surprise their enemies and quickly kill them, one by one.
What’s more interesting, the hero’s poor win ratio in the solo queue does not mean that he is useless in the hands of professionals. However, if the champion’s win rate in regular games doesn’t improve, Riot will likely react and include Lee Sin in the next character balancing update.