Master Yi....

Baaad Juju·1/27/2015, 8:21:56 PM·1 votes·1,091 views

Master Yi is my #1 hated Champion. I think he is a braindead champion that requires no interesting decision making to carry a game. WITH THAT SAID, I want feedback on honest ways to play against Yi. I want to improve as a player to play against Master Yi better in the future. The only feedback I see on other related posts are "Use hard CC then he dies". Not all champions have hard cc, and I personally believe that requiring hard CC to be able to combat a champion on a fair playing ground is the essence of an unhealthy champion design. -cough- Katarina -cough-

4 Comments

Gorganmite1/27/2015, 8:33:51 PM2 votes

Get real tanky get a champion that has a silence go lulu go teemo

Dance around him and set yourself up

Go as vayne and condemn him into a wall

There are lots of ways to technically 1v1 him, however if he is fed, then you need hard cc

Der Lindwurm1/27/2015, 8:34:27 PM2 votes

Yes, it's completely ridiculous to expect one champion on a team of 5 to have 1 stun or silence open so they can completely shut down another character's ultimate. What were they thinking?

In Yi's case, he's pretty vulnerable early on after his Q goes on cooldown. He can be a real problem if he's built a lot of speed and AD later in the game. You definitely don't want to 1v1 him if he's built, but even then his build will probably be glass cannon other than whatever lifesteal he's built and a concerted attack can erase him almost instantly. The more you play against him, the more you'll learn to predict where he'll be after he becomes targetable again.

Cenobite Azaziel1/30/2015, 11:50:04 PM2 votes

Don't feed and he won't be a problem. And yes, hard cc or burst is an option.

Baaad Juju1/30/2015, 6:19:33 PM1 votes

I rarely believe that flat number nerfs (stat nerfs) are the right way to balance a champion. But I just think that Yi has too many passives that boost his already high base and high scaling stats.

Der Lindwurm; Indeed, if youve picked a team with 1 hard cc you're probably doing it wrong. Even Kha'zix got nerfed into the ground because it was so easy for him to assassinate a target, get a reset, and do it again. And Yi doesnt rely on people being isolated, in fact his Q's damage goes up significantly when they are not isolated.

Gorganmite; Being tanky isnt usually enough (unless you're rammus/malphite) because he can just auto you into the ground with Bork Silence doesnt work for the same reason. Lulu is a great for champions of this nature. And teemo offers nothing to a team fight which makes yi just force fights around the map while teemo is just pushing top. Vayne can make some flashy plays, but there is next to nothing she can do to targets that are that sticky.