So wait, yi got buffed.....

YoungFarmer·Mar 23, 2016·2 votes·799 views

E - Wuju Style BASE DAMAGE 10/15/20/25/30 ⇒ 12/19/26/33/40 RATIO 0.1/0.125/0.15/0.175/0.2 total attack damage ⇒ 0.25 bonus attack damage at all ranks

That still looks like he can build tanky and do damage..........

15 Comments

venomous frostMar 23, 20164 votes

total AD =/= bonus AD

darkmatchwaldoMar 23, 20164 votes

Bonus AD.

Lady of the MistMar 23, 20162 votes

It was a nerf, not a buff. The only way Wuju Style is good now is if he builds full AD, or next to it, no Master Yi's would do that previously and would go Titanic into Tank, they can't do that much now because no scaling due to it being bonus and not multiplicative now

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AnratonMar 23, 20162 votes

it is a buff .. if you build more then 244 BONUS ad

I'll explain

State in 6.5: 30 flat + 0.2 total ad .. 111 from level 18 and x .. everything from runes masteries etc. State in 6.6: 40 flat + 0.25 bonus ad .. x .. everything from runes masteries etc.

you see the difference there?

Point even calculation results to 30 + 0.2 (111 +x) = 40 + 0.25 x

30 + 22.2 + 0.2 x = 40 + 0.25 x 52.2 - 40 = (0.25 - 0.2) x 12,2/0.05 = x

x= 244

in total .. if you have less than 244 ad, the on hit true damage from wuju style got nerfed, if you got more then 244, you got a buff

to reach 244 ad, you need at least 3 full damage items ... item 3147 item 3072 item 3074 (total 225 ad) and somthing with at least 19 ad like item 3153 ...

you could switch item 3074 for item 3748 and switch item 3153 for item 3142

but over all .. you need 4 damage items to get to the old state .. + boots + defense item/another ad item

WenderwallMar 23, 20162 votes

This build is not tanky, Yi is still squishy. Items like item 3026 / item 3742 are ok, he is still killable with one hard CC.

Note: Your build is AD with minimal AS. Conventionally Yi's used to get 1-2 AS items. (jg will get item 3931 , item 3124 / item 3153 ). Unlike Zed (or other assassins) Yi doesn't have great mechanics to 2 hit assassinate a running away champ or tower dive. (Zed , Talon, Kat are perfect examples)

NarsicusMar 23, 20161 votes

You don't seem to understand this 'build' is just an example to demonstrate the differences between the old total ad scaling and the new bonus ad scaling. He is not relating a build he thinks is the most viable, just the one that gives Yi enough bonus ad for Wuju style to give more true damage than pre patch.

So you are precisely right, this build is just pure ad. Which is what is required for the Wuju style change to be a buff instead of a nerf.

AnratonMar 23, 20161 votes

Correct - I only wanted to tell what the change really was and which efford you have to do to make it a buff .. and btw... yi isn't ment to be tanky in any way ... he is a glasscannon if you wan him to be tanky ... you pay with damage .. easy trade off

Duke AnaxMar 23, 20161 votes

You example isn't very good though as it only factors in the change in true damage, but he also gets physical damage from that extra AD, so he doesn't need that much to break even.

AnratonMar 23, 20161 votes

welll you only get the 10% bonus ad, while wuju is not on cooldown ;-)

Duke AnaxMar 23, 20161 votes

I don't even mean that. I meant the AD from the item itself.

You are obviously right when comparing the full AD build, but most Yi don't build AD, they either go AS or Tank.

What I meant, with those builds Yi now needs to include one major AD item

AnratonMar 23, 20161 votes

you refer to the normal auto hit? .. well right i didn't take that into account - the question was only about the changes to wuju style

Duke AnaxMar 23, 20161 votes

Yes the changes to Wuju style are pretty severe, but your example makes it look a lot more extreme than it actually is, just wanted to clarify that.

I went a bit off tangent there as a comment to your post, rather than the original one.