You know, if Yi fucking solo carries every game where you don't stack CC...

Onotori·May 19, 2018·2 votes·957 views

THEN HE IS BROKEN AND NEEDS NERFS. Can you PLEASE pull your head out of your fucking ass? He's been a recurring issue since the game came out for a reason.

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32150May 19, 20183 votes

he's only a problem for players who are unwilling to learn how to play against him, that's why he is nowhere close to being a problem in high elo

OnotoriMay 19, 20182 votes

He's an entirely targeted statcheck -- what is there to learn? You CC lock him until he dies, or you automatically lose. There are lots of Yi one tricks who are challenger, so it's not just low ELO.

archerno1May 19, 20184 votes

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He's an entirely targeted statcheck -- what is there to learn? You CC lock him until he dies, or you automatically lose. There are lots of Yi one tricks who are challenger, so it's not just low ELO.

Lots? I only know Cowsep who struggled to keep master. Which other Yi challenger do you know?

http://onetricks.net/champions/masteryi

Only one Challenger Yi player and he plays on Latin America server.

Clutch ThompsonMay 19, 20181 votes

It is just lower elo though. Idk where all these challengers Yis are.

One thing I’ll grant you is that he’s actually the pentakill king for every elo, I believe.

There are champions that lean into being a stat check in this game. But it doesn’t make them unbalanced.

You also have to think about Yis balance (or other stat checks) in terms of their available win conditions. Sure, yi 1v1s everyone late outside of fiora and Jax. But how does yi close a game?

catches people out to get a numbers advantage (your fault)
split pushes without having his teams 4v5 punished (you have agency here)
Cleans up in the team fight. Focus him, CC him, or keep your adc safe while they spray him with runaans.

Look, it FEELS unfair when a yi gets fed or it’s late game and he runs around popping people and dpsing tanks. But it’s not.

Clutch ThompsonMay 19, 20182 votes

His “counterplay” isn’t necessarily something you do when you’re facing him staring down the barrel of a 4-6 item Yi

Here are strats:

Early punish- he dies to Thiccer™ Junglers early. Volibear, trundle, graves, kha, Warwick, Jax, xin. These can put him behind early.

Build to blow him up- Your tankiness means nothing to him so if you’re hung up over deciding between, say, sorcerers boots and tabbi, take the sorcerers shoes. Yi won’t give a shit about the tabbi after a few items. When I’m in a situation to choose tank or damage, I build to end the fight in like 1 second.

CC him- I hate this because everyone says it and it’s like obviously every champions weakness. But some champions are extra vulnerable to being immobilized. Anyone squishy that has to chain kills or keep life stealing to stay alive is vulnerable to CC, burst, or both.

Invade him- as a top laner, I frequently shove my lane and go invade the enemy jungler with my jungler like Bonny and Clyde. This is mostly only if you have lane priority, but it takes his gold, gets tilts the enemy.

Hope this helps

ZephyrDrakeMay 19, 20182 votes

if your team has ZERO CC whatsoever and has no idea what focusing a target means then yeah he will beat you no problem just like most other champions will just run away with the game with little to no effort whatsoever