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Master yi needs a buff

Right Click Only·10/2/2017, 1:19:22 PM·3 votes·1,202 views

FIrst of all some facts: Master yi is broken in bronze/silver elo, according to champion.gg in silver elo in the first 20 minutes he has a 52% win rate. The problem is in Platanum or higher he is garbage tier with a 45% win rate in the first 20 mins. Also currently on the EUW, NA and Korea server there are zero Master yi mains in Master or challenger elo.

Not only that currently he is hard countered by every meta tank jungler like Rammus/Sejuani and is crapped on by all meta adc's like Tristana and Xayah. To top it off he can't do shit against champs with stealth like Vayne/Khazix/Shaco. On top of everything I mentioned he can't do shit against a team that build Zhonyas and GA because he can't get any resets.

What I'm trying to say is if a champion is good in silver doesn't make the champ good overall. Please I don't care what it is this champ needs some changes.

EDIT: I can imagine all the Bronzes downvoting and diagreeing with these simple undeniable facts.

9 Comments

69469238DEL110/2/2017, 1:51:29 PM2 votes

Yeah I climbed to Platinum this season with Yi but I can't get past P3 on him, and I've heard that without a duo that Diamond 5-4 is his cap for one tricks, its pretty sad

SuperLuigiLXIV10/2/2017, 2:20:36 PM1 votes

That's....just how champions work though.

A champion that's simple to play and requires coordination to beat is going to excel in lower ranks where coordination is severely lacking, and they're going to fall off as you climb higher and people become more adept at working together with complete strangers. A lot of that can be made up for with knowing your champion and having really good timing, but eventually you're going to reach a point where players on the enemy team account for even that.

Shiznyte10/2/2017, 8:46:53 PM1 votes

Master Yi is a late game champion so it doesn't surprise me that his win rate pre-20 minutes in High elo games is low. He is a snowball champion that if you give him an Inch a good Yi will take a mile. His alpha Strike has great outplay potential along with his Heal allowing him to face tank. His damage late game is godly and that is his job... do damage. You may need to build a QSS on Yi vs certain match ups and every champion has bad match ups so Yi should have some bad match ups too. He is a risky pick but its high risk and high reward because if there is a fed Yi Running you down and murdering your team its pretty dangerous stuff.

iVIEWBOT10/2/2017, 9:27:51 PM1 votes

im confident faker could get challenger maining yi

he just chooses not to

Mokiller510/6/2017, 1:11:31 AM1 votes

In all honesty tho, he just needs 1 simple buff. Rito give back his 100 percent reset on his Q PLZZZZZ, you took it away from him in season 3 its been 4 years rioto give it back!!!!

like legit tho chaining alpha strikes back to back felt so slick + it will make the crit build viable cause your not totally squishy since you can q again immediately.... see example of season 3 video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAlqQxvlu8