Is yi broken?

CLN Aksix·2/26/2020, 4:50:42 PM·1 votes·4,480 views

Idk I look like the first time i played lol wehre i didnt knew shit and said "ugh yi omg broken eghegehehge". But now? Fuck I had 310 as ornn, and....Idk my half hp went to Florida after 0.5 in a fight against him. Omg, or even when we fought mid 4v5 winning and then WAAAAA baron is killed soloed by a fucking yi. I swear, soraka and yi EVEN with bramble is able to recover completely, maybe im wrong just want ur opinions actually

23 Comments

NickColaTesla 2/26/2020, 5:12:15 PM6 votes

He's very broken. Not as much if you queue with a team, but in solo que, he's a toxic pick.

He can go 1/7 and take over the entire game. He can solo all the primary objectives without help from his teammates making him an EXTREMELY lucrative pick. There's very little he can't do to carry a team to victory.

IRON to PRO2/26/2020, 6:30:26 PM6 votes

Yuumi and YI is also a combo that is stupid broken, and these item changes to botrk and TIAMAT, Ravenous Hydra, and Titanic Hydra... ya YI is going to be even more broken af.

DiveAlive2/26/2020, 6:04:01 PM3 votes

yep. needs rework.

a noob stomper who just happens to be in the top 5 win rates in diamond...

Crescent Dusk2/27/2020, 5:43:55 AM3 votes

He used to have an abusable, weak early game, and then they buffed him to the point where he can duel a Kha'zix as soon as lv3.

He's no Olaf/Rek'sai/Lee Sin/Xin Zhao, but he scales horrendously well and as soon as he gets Guinso's, the game is over, he deletes tanks.

The healthiest change to him would probably be to remove/gut his true damage so he can't just treat tanks/juggernauts as ADC's with 2-3 items.

High damage, high mobility melee champs should be weak to tanks/juggernauts. Yi isn't. He's a more obscene version of Yasuo as he scales even harder and takes a fraction of the brain cells to pull off since every single part of his damage is point and click.

Tr4shB4NSYST3M2/26/2020, 5:48:19 PM3 votes

A hyper carry like yi paired w/ something like lulu/raka/taric amplifies Yi's power a TON because they make up for his weakness of being squishy and burstable by bring peel/shields/heals. Also Yi soloing baron (generally needs 3 items for this, item 1419 item 3124 and item 3091 or item 3812 ) is not a new thing and is actually slower than it was in s9 and before.

But back to the earlier point, enchanter champs if they focus on buffing/shielding/peeling for the yi amplify his power a ton, ill throw in Morgana with the ones i listed earlier b/c black shield can save the Yi from the CC he would've been bursted down during. This is why the Yi Funnel strategy has been such an issue, because of yi's amazing synergy with enchanter supports.

But I would argue yi himself is not broken or unhealthy because for a Yi without an enchanter to do the things you described (other than the baron solo), he would have to be way ahead of the enemy team.

WhiteAcres2/26/2020, 8:38:48 PM2 votes

Statistically, he's not broken, but he definitely has the potential to take over a game. His play style is very much "all-or-nothing", meaning you'll either cc and burst him at the beginning of a fight, rendering him useless, or he'll kill you and your entire time.

Duskdemon2/26/2020, 8:15:58 PM2 votes

He's incredibly broken for how mind numbingly simple it is to play him.

If I had to nerf him, all I would do is take away the aa reset on his Q.

2gudaiya2/26/2020, 6:08:33 PM2 votes

yi is a broken champion, he will swing wildly from unviable to oppressive and that's just what he do.

RyzeRework2/26/2020, 6:18:17 PM2 votes

Yi is broken in the sense that he can actually 1v5 a game if fed enough. But he is so weak and can get cced and blown up.

PiVoRx2/26/2020, 9:10:50 PM1 votes

rofl only noobs cry about yi ask any LCS pro why nobody gives a fuck about yi hes the one of the last remaining champions that actually work as LoL champion, needs items to do damage and items to migate damage meanwhile LeeSin

Garson2112/26/2020, 9:41:00 PM1 votes

O yea he is so balanced....52%+ winratio from low iron to master with thousands games

LordGeovanni2/26/2020, 9:54:45 PM1 votes

If you play in solo que where his opponents are easily predictable and play 4-5 squishy ranged champions he sure seems that way.

Dramidan2/27/2020, 12:42:48 AM1 votes

No. I just finished a game against Lulu, Caitlyn, Galio, Sylas and Jax. I couldn't get a kill no matter how hard I tried in tfs. Lulu ALONE shuts me down then you add Cait traps, Jax stun, Galio taunt and knock up? Fucking impossible.

Darkdemon6532/26/2020, 6:04:36 PM1 votes

Yes, and he's been broken for a long time.

Nea1042/26/2020, 7:12:25 PM1 votes

Not only broken: he's too "simple", not to say totally d--b, and still incredibly rewarding.

A double mistake, but Riot is so competent so this is not possible of course :o)

Hordes662/26/2020, 8:16:44 PM1 votes

shitgame, dodge.

GFREEMEN2/26/2020, 9:05:02 PM1 votes

Yes he is and Riot is going to make him even more broken with the BotRK changes