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It is just me or is Master Yi too strong?

YumaS2Astral··7 votes·3,164 views

MasterYi is unduelable, can shred squishies extremely fast, is impossible to chase or to escape from with his ultimate, and isn't really concerned by armor due to its true damage and due to Sated Devourer (also he can just buy armor penetration if armor proves to be a problem). To make the matters worse, he is immune to attack speed slows, so items that you would normally buy against a melee carry, such as Frozen Heart or Randuin's Omen, do not work against Yi.

Maybe it is just the fact that Sated Devourer works incredibly well with him, but Yi seems like one of the best, if not the best abuser of it. Unlike Kayle for example, Yi has lot of mobility with his ult.

Yes, he is vulnerable to CC. However, it is not like CC isn't a common weakness to every champion that is not Irelia Olaf Gangplank. In addition, Master Yi has several ways to circumvent that weakness:

  1. item 3140
  2. Tenacity
  3. He can splitpush instead of actually going on teamfights
  4. He can build a little tanky so that focusing him is less of an option
  5. His Q allows him to dodge several delayed CCs
  6. Slows don't affect him

10 Comments

SEKAI4 votes

He is just like any ranged ADC with a spin that, he has to kill you in melee range, and his escape option would only come after he reaches 6 as well as killing somebody in his adrenaline rush.

Is he OP?

Of course not.

If he ever were, it's mostly the item's fault, such is the case with FF and Sated. Yi's design itself is pretty balanced if I may to declare.

Nerf broken items, not Yi.

MLDzXnRRR3 votes

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He is just like any ranged ADC with a spin that, he has to kill you in melee range, and his escape option would only come after he reaches 6 as well as killing somebody in his adrenaline rush.

Is he OP?

Of course not.

If he ever were, it's mostly the item's fault, such is the case with FF and Sated. Yi's design itself is pretty balanced if I may to declare.

Nerf broken items, not Yi.

Alpha strike + item 3031 = balanced dmg, while he is untargetable. Pls, this is the most bullshit thing in the game

SEKAI3 votes

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Alpha strike + item 3031 = balanced dmg, while he is untargetable. Pls, this is the most bullshit thing in the game

Except almost all AD champs with an IE do BS damage, it's meant to be that way in the first place not sure what's with that statement.

if you're harping about the untargetable part, then I would like to tell you that it's pretty balanced in the context of Alpha Strike. Why?

Because Yi's kit is so centered around his Q doing everything for him (while R is just the icing on the cake), and the fact that spell has quite a few conditions to clear otherwise it would eventually backfire heavily on Yi very shortly, this makes an instant invulnerability completely justified.

The Yetii Rider2 votes

Jax can actually duel Yi quite well, but Yi can usually just split push and avoid him entirely.

The reason Yi is strong is because unlike other Sated champs Yi thrives off rushing attack speed. Sated is balanced because it gives inefficient early stats (and generally weak stats even for clearing) allowing everyone else to have a better early game, but 50% attack speed is a totally readings power spike for Yi, allowing him to gank quite efficiently early.

YumaS2Astral1 votes

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Jax can actually duel Yi quite well, but Yi can usually just split push and avoid him entirely.

The reason Yi is strong is because unlike other Sated champs Yi thrives off rushing attack speed. Sated is balanced because it gives inefficient early stats (and generally weak stats even for clearing) allowing everyone else to have a better early game, but 50% attack speed is a totally readings power spike for Yi, allowing him to gank quite efficiently early.

Yi can actually outduel Jax if he manages to dodge Counterstrike with his Alpha Strike.

Also, attack speed is only an inneficient stat for champions that don't have on hit effects, which is not the case with Master Yi, or Shyvana, or Kayle, for example. That's also the reason why Vayne is so strong, she works well with attack speed early.

Everyone is complaining about Kayle and Shyvana, and I don't know why. On my opinion, Master Yi is more problematic than both. Against Kayle you can just flee away of her if you want to, as she has no mobility and gap closers. And Shyvana has no outplay potential and besides her W she has no gap closers. Also, neither of them are immune to attack speed slows, unlike Yi.

Hayaishi22 votes

Yes he is ridiculously strong, i wouldnt say overpowered but he is crazy powerful with his true damage and his survability methods. His early game is not even weak now.

Sona Ping2 votes

It's just you.

Kledy McKledFace1 votes

as lissandra i totally destroy him

Wero341 votes

Ramus rekt yi

NWNINA1 votes

Maybe after people buy the new skin he'll get a rework??? Riot Hint hint

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