Powershifting Master Yi
I've been trying to think of a good way to change Master Yi to be better in high elo (independent of funneling strats) without making him more overwhelming in low elo than he already is. Here's what I've come up with:
Meditate
Maximum duration: 4 seconds -> 3 seconds
Healing per second: 30-110 -> 36-120 || Total healing: 120-440 -> 108-360
Highlander
[New] Grace period: If Highlander's duration expires while in Alpha Strike's animation and Yi gets a kill/assist, Master Yi will get 7 more seconds of Highlander.
Wuju Style
[New] Master Yi gains 10% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds upon casting Wuju Style. This does not stack with Highlander.
(Wuju Style still gives Master Yi true damage on-hit for 5 seconds, that is not changed)
Base stats
Attack range: 125 ->175
Explanation
Channeling Meditate for the full duration is something that is done less often by higher elo Master Yi players because of diminishing utility and higher likelihood that enemies will interrupt him. Often they'll only tap Meditate and cancel it immediately for an attack reset. In lower elos, Master Yi players will more often channel it defensively and aren't interrupted, instead players try to kill Master Yi with brute force.
Also, this changes his jungle clearing. Meditate will be less effective for keeping Master Yi healthy, but kiting monsters will become more effective with the increased attack range, so players with a better grasp of jungle clearing mechanics will be healthier without spending as much time Meditating. More attack range also helps Yi in a lot of tiny other ways, like making Meditate resets more reliable and making him just the slightest bit harder to kite.
The Highlander buff is very specific, but will be very appreciated when Yi just barely gets the kill in time.
Lastly, the little bit of movement speed with Wuju Style now means that Master Yi has some ability to stick to enemies and attack them when he doesn't have Highlander. The cooldown is too high for him to use it too often. Hopefully this would be a very modest buff, especially since Master Yi has very high uptime on Highlander after reaching level 6 and this buff does nothing while Highlander is active. But of course, mobility is always valuable in high elo.
