[D] Specific counter picks - Page 10

With a very mobile kit, fairly low CDs, and energy costs with his passive utilized, Lee Sin is an extremely formidable toplaner as well as a jungler. In the correct hands, he presents a very large harassment or kill threat at most levels if he is able to land his Q. For examples of a strong top lane Lee Sin, I recommend watching Chauster's stream if he is playing it - he is the most mechanically proficient Lee Sin who makes smart engagement decisions and plays LS top on a regular basis.

With his shield, Lee is able to handle the harssment of poking toplaners such as GP well, as well as being able to disengage from most CC almost instantaneously. His damage with his Q and E is formidable, and trading autoattacks with Lee Sin is usually inefficient due to the aspd slow on tempest combined with his lifesteal from W.

A strong pick against Lee top is Riven. She simply outdamages Lee at all levels (except for Lee's very quick level 6 burst), and unlike virtually every other toplaner, she has an instantaneous AoE CC to halt and damage Lee if he should try to Q or W near her at any point. Her shield is similarly if not more formidable than Lee's at higher levels, and provides unconditional mobility at all points (for example, if Lee decides to commit with the aid of a jungler, it is useful for dodging Lee's Q or to run away after a W should they catch her). Given that she can simply outtrade Lee, this lane is often turned into a 1 sided victory or farmfest for Riven, which are both favorable given her superior scaling.

While jungling counters are inherently more difficult to accurately portray due to the greater number of circumstances that can affect jungling power or influence, Lee Sin has a significant amount of trouble against a well played Udyr. Phoenix Udyr's superior clear speed means that he should be above Lee Sin in levels at all points in the game, excepting a large amount of successful ganks from Lee; and Lee cannot duel Udyr at any point in the game for several reasons.
1. His inability to commit - should Lee be in a superior situation via Udyr getting low from creeps, having less buffs at the time, etc., Lee cannot commit very successfully to Udyr due to Udyr's bear stance. With the stun, Lee is inable to Q successfully to Udyr for several reasons - the movespeed makes it difficult for Lee to hit Udyr with the Q at all, and if he should, the stun will prevent Lee from casting Cripple onto him, which again combined with his movespeed from bear forces Lee to flash, exhaust, or ward and safeguard to it to attempt to slow Udyr at all.
2. Given similar levels / buffs, due to inferior damage and relative weakness of Resonating Strike thanks to Udyr's turtle stance, should the two fight on even terms (blue buff and level 2/3, or Red and 4 and beyond vs each other) Udyr will come ahead in almost every situation. Given his stronger and more spammable shield, Lee Sin is unable to get the needed amount of damage to deal a fatal Resonating Strike to Udyr in most reasonable 1v1s, and should he attempt to cast Cripple onto Udyr, Udyr can again simply bear stance Lee and get off superior damage at all stages of the game. When the midlanes are equally matched or go to roam, this has serious implications, as Udyr can have effective control over Lee Sin's red side jungle with minimal aid.
3. Relative counterganking ability - Lee Sin's counterganking ability against an Udyr gank is relatively weak, as due to Udyr's bear, his mobility is several weakened and he is fairly unable to commit due to his superior damage output and safety from a counterkill due to his turtle and bear combined. Except in the cases where either laner is at extremely low health, the best Lee can do in most gank situations is to peel for his own laner and provide relatively low counterkill opportunity. However, an Udyr countergank against Lee Sin can often be deadly, as he is an effective meat shield against Lee Sin's Q while providing strong damage and easy to apply CC for Lee and his laner, while not being afraid of being killed if any significant CDs were spent on his laner. Combined with Udyr's strong map mobility and superior clear speed, this usually puts Lee Sin on the back foot in the ganking / farming tempo.

While Ashe is generally regarded as being an unfavorable AD carry in comparison to the likes of Graves, Vayne, or Kog'Maw, she does counter Talon. Talon is a melee burst champion who relies on closing with minions t farm them, with one exception-Rake, his Q. However, Ashe's volley is easily capable of outranging Talon's Rake.
In addition, Talon's usual trading combo of E-Q-W or E-R-Q-W is largely nullified by Ashe, as Ashe has both a) the ability to slow you during the initial E, and b) the abilities to either slow you or reveal you during your R. A good Ashe can react quickly to a Talon's burst combo and take little damage with the exception of Noxian Diplomacy and/or a few autoattacks.
Also, Ashe's Q shots absolutely punish an aggressive Talon to the point where he is almost entirely shutdown.