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He was meant to be a fighter
But news flash: he is played as an assasin ... and riot ballances him to not be able to do anything else but kill people in seconds
same as fiora. at least shes looking at a rework though. i just hope it makes her more into a mobile melee carry like yasuo, like guinsoo planned, and not more into an assassin.
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Master Yi is actually an Assassin because he has on demand mobility and burst damage. Yasuo was a fighter from release and is a fighter now, he doesn't have mobility on demand or burst on demand.
yi is the definition of a melee adc. i think hes tagged as assassin, but thats not quite right. if played correctly, he can keep himself going and auto attacking by dodging abilities with alpha strike through an entire fight.
though this playstile requires an incredible amount of mechanical skill and reaction. its easier to play him as a cleanup assassin who goes in and finishes people off after most of the fight already happened.
yasuo is a different approach. even though i havent played the champion much, its one i quite like. though i agree, they could shift the focus a little more to his shield sustain, and off the dependency to burst people like a caster.
but one way or the other, all melee adc deal crazy amounts of damage to squishies by lategame. its not different to ranged adc in that regard, where a jinx rocket can chunk a squishy for half of its health if it crits.