How do you counter Yi?

MetaGeek··2 votes·1,498 views

So in most cases when I play against a decent Yi he will wipe the floor with my team, snowball like mad and the proceed to be able to take out many people by himself all the while hes spamming alpha strike so no one can hit him, I just don't see how this champ is at all balanced, even after snowballing being able to wipe out three people who are under turret at more or less full hp seems really broken..... Some people have told me he is not overpowered but looking at his kit and seeing him in action I fail to see where there is any balance, what his Q does is usually reserved for ults on other champs and even then the likes of Shyavna and Vi can just be killed mid ult all they get is "unstoppable" but not untargetable, can anyone give me some honest advice because I am rarely not pulling my hair out and getting extremely frustrated when the enemy team has a Yi, no matter what I do

My biggest problem being I cannot hit him before all my hp is just gone, at least when playing any non jung, and even then most jungs I cannot kill him fast enough at the same level even because I can't hit the bastard, and don't say crowd control because his alpha strike just avoids that in most cases

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ZaneShadow3 votes
  • Shut him down early

  • Pick a champion with strong point-and-click hard cc (Annie, Malzahar, Nautilus, etc) and preferably a secondary cc (Nautilus)

  • Build Grievous Wounds (thornmail, Morello, Executioners)

If all the above fail... well, you did your best. (This should more than shut him down, but there’s always those times he gets so fed there is nothing to do)

Hethalean2 votes

Unfortunately, the counter against Master Yi is not gameplay. It's his early game. Shut him down early. If he's allowed to get to his ult with about equal levels/xp to your jungler or god forbid a kill, he's going to run ramshod over you really. You can't really counterbuild his damage. You can hit him with CC, but a good Yi will avoid it.

Basically, a good yi has the tools to remove the counterplay imo to the champion.

MetaGeek1 votes

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Unfortunately, the counter against Master Yi is not gameplay. It's his early game. Shut him down early. If he's allowed to get to his ult with about equal levels/xp to your jungler or god forbid a kill, he's going to run ramshod over you really. You can't really counterbuild his damage. You can hit him with CC, but a good Yi will avoid it.

Basically, a good yi has the tools to remove the counterplay imo to the champion.

That's exactly my point, why is he not been touched by riot at all, plenty of champs just don't have this option

Shiroe Okazaki2 votes

If it makes you feel anybetter. i hate being litterally q auto auto dead by him too.

MetaGeek1 votes

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If it makes you feel anybetter. i hate being litterally q auto auto dead by him too.

a bit glad to know im not he only one who gets salty, seems like it requires less skill than Garen or Sona

Nimblepaw2 votes

You need to ban him or CC focus him, that's why he's considered bad in higher elos because they can reliably stunlock him, in low elos.. not so much!

MetaGeek1 votes

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You need to ban him or CC focus him, that's why he's considered bad in higher elos because they can reliably stunlock him, in low elos.. not so much!

I mean when I play blind pick that"s not an option and I never know when it will happen, I always ban him if I play jung in draft though

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

Armor to deal with BorK, HP to deal with E.

Alternatively, be any burst champion and explode him 600 times a minute.

You can also just shit on him early since almost any champion can, then end before you let the hypercarry reach full build.

Chiitose1 votes

Lots of CC :D

MetaGeek1 votes

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Lots of CC :D

Tried that... he just alpha strike right through it and then dead, of course this was with Cait, even between a supp with root and my own root still wansnt enough, but still no other jung kills me THAT fast when they get on me

between cait being countered by yi and yasuo being bot when i tried kai'sa ive just had the worst luck

hrooza dota 1 votes

assuming a yi is fed then you need a strong CC because yi have 0 defenses out side of a channel and is melee

i managed to shot down multi fed yi using leona (just Q to start XD)

MetaGeek1 votes

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assuming a yi is fed then you need a strong CC because yi have 0 defenses out side of a channel and is melee

i managed to shot down multi fed yi using leona (just Q to start XD)

Still the fact that like only a few super specific things can counter him.... and otherwise he just wipes a team solo, isnt that telling of issues...

hrooza dota 1 votes

CC is spread decently in the champ pool i would not say its super specific

if you dont have much or any CC then your line up is a either a nuker line up or you have good melee fighters that can solo yi if not fed

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