I feel Yi is really strong right now

Àlëx·12/23/2014, 3:03:47 AM·3 votes·861 views

I have been playing some Yi (some on my main, some on PBE, some on smurfs), and I think as of now he is very strong. First of all, devourer was an outright buff to most autoattack champs, whereas they can start scaling with enough gold rather than being forced to farm the jungle all day to 30 stacks, meaning ganks are just as beneficial if not more than freefarming. However, this is especially beneficial to Yi since it adds to his already potent physical damage and decent true damage, on top of the huge attack speed buff. Additionally, challenging smite also adds a huge boost in true damage Yi can deal, which is also hugely beneficial to Yi in early fights. Ultimately, Yi, with the proper items, can deal a large amount of magic and true damage coupled with his high physical damage with only 3 offensive items needed (Red jungle item-Devoureritem 3718 , BoTrkitem 3153 , Youmuusitem 3142 ). Basically, not only can he still scale "infinitely", but he has a bigger presence early game.

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Jenova Synthesis12/23/2014, 4:16:52 AM1 votes

In all seriousness, Yi is not overpowered and he wasn't even before his "rework." Counterplaying Yi is probably one of the easiest things in this game, if you have a competent team.