Lethality and Yi (May get ranty, take this all with a grain of salt)

Asudurga··1 votes·1,207 views

I swear, this is just too much. Every game I look with a Yi now in either my games or a friend's games it's him building full lethality after a item 3153 and item 1416 and dominating after AFK farming.

You can't escape him, because of his speed, can't run because of his point and click Q which does more damage due to the lethality.

"Just CC him."

Yeah, easier said than done when he can use item 3814 and instagib people who can apply CC.

"Just build tanky."

You forget what Lethality does alongside the double synergy of item 1416 and item 3153?

"Well...CC him when the edge of night runs out?"

By the time that's over he already has gotten a pentakill.

"Hide behind tower?"

Doesn't help, he can use his Q to stay alive while dealing so much damage with just one lethality item and sustaining off of his item 3153.

"Hide behind enemy frontliners?"

Look back to my answer on the building tanky thing and his lack of being able to be CCd, it pretty much applies.

I can not stress hard enough how unfair and unfun this is to play against. Lethality in general was a pretty bad idea, so now because some champions are getting too much bang for their buck. Remember Lethality Jhin? Yeah, that was pretty annoying to face, I believe it contributed to the revamp of item 3147. But here's the thing, Jhin was at least fairly immobile and squishy to face without a Q that let him leave the game for 1.5 seconds or whatever the amount was.

But I suppose that is my opinion and others may find me completely wrong. Look, I don't mind Yi crawling back into the meta, but how he crawled back in piggybacking off of Lethality just leaves a sour taste.

Any opinions?

7 Comments

Starcraft243ver2 votes

Just CC him. He got EON ? Seriously if your team has just a single CC you did something wrong in pick & draft.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

"Just build tanky." You forget what Lethality does alongside the double synergy of item 1416 and item 3153?

Flat Penetration and percentage health damage are both rather ineffective against resistances.

A Chain Vest alone is almost sufficient to negate the Lethality provided by Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night and Duskblade.

The issue occurs when Master Yi builds Black Cleaver after Bloodrazor and BoRK since he is reducing your armor by a percentage.

Asudurga1 votes

I see..

This Is Your Dad1 votes

A yi building like that will die if you hit him with anything.

Twisted Fate Bro1 votes

lol

dim2a1 votes

Lethality is very inefficient unless targets who build armor. One 800 gold component negates ALL of the lethality he buys, so I don't see lethality on him as a problem, that part is easy to negate if that is the main threat. I'm not saying he isn't oppressive sometimes, but the lethality part is very easy to counter-build.

5050BS1 votes

You cant fight him without multiple (3+) stuns..... Its soo stupid

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