I don't understand these Master Yi changes, can the devs please explain them

Right Click Only·5/14/2019, 1:22:00 PM·31 votes·15,177 views

These changes were according to Riot designed to make Master Yi weaker low elo but stronger higher elo. However this has had the opposite effect. These changes made Master Yi's on-hit build useless because of Rageblade and Conqueror nerfs but Crit build more viable and with the Q changes you can now attack the same person 4 times with Alpha strike. This means you can now at low elo one shot a squishy even faster than before. You legit Q to them for 100% damage and then hit them another 3 times if no other targets are near for 25% damage each but since you will be building crit the 3 hits for 25% damage will also crit meaning each of the hits will still hit like a truck.

Basically these changes had the opposite effect and made Master Yi even stronger low elos but unplayable higher elos

42 Comments

Thingamajig5/14/2019, 1:37:06 PM25 votes

yes you can assassinate people now but with rageblade you could insta gib whole teams and the insane atk speed meant your alpha was on an insanely low cd crit build has a lot of burst but a lot less durability

and this means that low elo players can react in team fights to an yi before their whole team dies while higher elo players can assassinate priority targets and still be useful

Wizard Blaze5/15/2019, 12:59:25 AM4 votes

Korean and Chinese demands. he was not flashy enough and insta kill your ass. ITS BIG PLAYS LCS BRO XDD

DuskDaUmbreon5/15/2019, 12:55:49 AM3 votes

R duration changes are a long-requested change to Yi - His R was too short for fights unless you picked up a kill early on, then it was way too long. Longer base duration and less gain on kill balances that out.

Q change is another I've seen requested a few times - Let his Q hit the same target multiple times so he's not fucked against things like big Krug or whatever. Also standardizing the time in alpha.

Kaisha5/15/2019, 1:07:11 AM2 votes

You RIOT devs have a dart board and well...

Really that's the only explanation I can come up with.

Rıots Bad Client5/14/2019, 4:24:48 PM1 votes

does this make his jungle clears better?

Baba Yetu5/15/2019, 7:36:50 AM1 votes

I just perma ban master whatever role I play, and since then I've progressed in rank considerably.

jng dif victim5/15/2019, 7:41:43 AM1 votes

https://res.cloudinary.com/dolstrmxz/image/upload/v1557906095/yi.jpg

PiVoRx5/15/2019, 9:07:00 PM1 votes

There is nothing to understand but one thing about Yi - Riot dont want him to be good, you are wasting your time on him, if you want to be succesful in LoL play meta champions, this is how it is, and always have been.

Years have passed and Yi never had a real apperance in competitive play, still he keeps getting nerfed over and over again, either drop the champion, or better.. drop the game (like i did).

GodlyBane5/14/2019, 10:53:41 PM1 votes

no, the damage is split into 4. one target the damage is divided by 4. It doesnt deal any extra damage, its just meant to keep you in there longer lmao. The extra damage is only on jg camps.

Right Click Only5/16/2019, 5:58:22 PM1 votes

Now that it's been few days since patch 9.10 has been released. According to most stats websites Plat elo and above his win rate has decreased a few percentage, gold and below his win-rate has increased a few percentage compared to the previous patch.

Mavëríck5/15/2019, 12:30:28 AM1 votes

Wait... can Yi's Q critically strike??? There is nothing in the ability tool tip that says this.