Master Yi Represents Riot's Hypocrisy
So the developers of Riot have talked about how lack of counter play is unhealthy for the game sever times before. They have responded by nerfing and reworking several of the assassins in the game, particularly Kassadin and Kha'Zix. They have said that they nerfed Khazix because they didn't like him going into a 1v5 and coming out with a double kill, then turning invisible and walking away. They didn't like it becasue they see assassins as opportunistic. And they continually nerf Kassadin because he, "lacked counter play," which is true, but they have nerfed him so hard over the years that he is almost unplayable now. So if they want to keep the game healthy by removing lack of counter play and lack of unstoppable assassins, WHY HAVE THEY NOT TOUCHED MASTER YI!?!?!
Master Yi represents everything Riot wants to change. He has an ability that, while making him untargetable for up to a whole second, does massive amounts of damage, can critically strike every champion, and then when he inevitably kills his target, goes straight to the next champ to start all over with his untargetability. He deals such insanely high amounts of damage that he lacks any counter play because he can never be touched and the heals all of his minimal damage. There have been several videos of Master Yi's walking into a crowd of 5 alone and taking every single one of them out. AND THAT IS AFTER THEY REWORKED HIM TO AVOID THIS! He has no counter play and does the very thing that Kassadin and Kha'Zix used to do, and yet they won't touch him.
Master Yi is an unhealthy champion to the game of League of Legends. He spoils games because of his shear stupidity. Now there are a few champions that mach or exceed his damage, such as Fizz and Leblanc, but they are balanced because they can only do it to one person at a time before all of their cooldowns activate. They have windows of opportunity to attack. Master Yi's ultimate allows him to blow 2 people up at once, then gain all of him abilities back and mow down the next three with one Q. Riot has specifically talked about how they want people to be able to fight back, but Yi is so broken and overpowered that there is NO chance at winning against him. His massive attack speed boost allows him to mow down enemy towers all by himslef and then quickly dash away. SO if he isnt taking out entire teams of champions by himself, he is taking out entire lanes.
The rework to Master Yi was a good place to start, but it is time Riot admits their mistake and take several more looks at a champion who's unpopularity is now nearing Teemo's. If you don't think that other people agree with me, just take a look at some other forums or the chats in game when Yi shows up. Every time someone always says, "Oh look it is Master Yi. GG, game over." And when Yi gets a triple kill, it isn't "wow he is really good at this game," like several other champions in this game. The response is, "Well he could do that because Yi is such an easy and dumb character."
It is time to heavily nerf Master Yi now Riot, just like every other assassin in the game that you said had no counter play . Or will you continually show off your hypocrisy and allow your players' mistrust to grow?
TL;DR - Master Yi is is an unhealthy champion to the game because of his lack of counter play, and Riot has stated that they strive to eliminate lack of counter play, yet they won't touch Master Yi. They need to take his critical strikes on his Q and cool down resets on his Ult for starters.
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binding. Heaven help you if you get the Yi champ who farms intelligently and
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. Master Yi does have counterplay no matter how good you are on Master Yi if everyone on your team has a stun,knock back/knock up or burst spells you can counter Master Yi. In SoloQ its hard to get all players on a team to do this because most players choose a champion they like playing over a champion that wins them the game. The problem isn't Master Yi its players critical thinking and willing to adapt.