Proposing Master Yi changes

Kadexe · 2018-12-11T17:34:32.745Z

Meditate Base healing changed from 120/~/440 to 120-450 scaling with Master Yi's level. Buff (but a Nerf to W maxing) Damage reduction lowered from 60/~/70% to 60% at all ranks. Nerf Cooldown lowered from 28 at all ranks to 30/~/24 seconds. Buff (and Nerf) [New] - Channeling Meditate lowers the cooldowns of Alpha Strike and Wuju Style by 1 second every second channeled. Buff Wuju Style Active > [New] - Costs 50 mana. Nerf [New] - Master Yi cleanses himself of all slows, and gains 40% bonus movement speed decaying over 2 seconds. Buff Duration of Wuju Style is unchanged. True damage lowered from 18/~/50 (+ 35% bonus AD) to 20/~/40(+20% bonus AD) Nerf Highlander [New] - Highlander's duration cannot last longer than 12 seconds after the last takedown. Nerf #Explanation Meditate changes cement the spell as a one-point-wonder that is useful at every part of the game even when it's maxed last. The healing scales with your level, so even at around level 13 (when Q and E are maxed but you have only 1 or 2 points in W) it will heal you a good amount. The % damage reduction has been changed to a static value to align with these changes. Maxing the spell only lowers the cooldown. (cont'd) Additionally, Meditate has a new effect to make channeling Meditate more useful and reduce the downtime on Master Yi's basic abilities. Wuju Style has been reworked to have more utility and less damage at the cost of mana. Losing damage always sucks, but the increased mobility should be worth it. The movement speed is comparable to Jayce's acceleration gate, Ekko's passive (at level 1), or Mini Gnar's W passive. The slow cleanse is also very nice, but obviously it does nothing while Highlander is active. (cont'd) The Wuju Style changes add depth to decisions around using this spell. If I'm chasing an enemy, do I use E now to catch up faster? Or do I wait until I've caught up, so that I can use all 5 seconds of true damage on attacking the target? Should I wait until I'm slowed to use E? The mana cost also adds just a pinch of skill to Master Yi's kit by stressing the importance of budgeting mana. The Highlander nerf is to balance out the other buffs here. This shouldn't hurt too much because 12 seconds is a long time; this is just to address outlier cases where Highlander lasts 20+ seconds after the fighting is over.

Kadexe·Dec 11, 2018·1 votes·996 views

Meditate

Base healing changed from 120/~/440 to 120-450 scaling with Master Yi's level. Buff (but a Nerf to W maxing)
Damage reduction lowered from 60/~/70% to 60% at all ranks. Nerf
Cooldown lowered from 28 at all ranks to 30/~/24 seconds. Buff (and Nerf)
[New] - Channeling Meditate lowers the cooldowns of Alpha Strike and Wuju Style by 1 second every second channeled. Buff

Wuju Style

Active >

[New] - Costs 50 mana. Nerf
[New] - Master Yi cleanses himself of all slows, and gains 40% bonus movement speed decaying over 2 seconds. Buff
Duration of Wuju Style is unchanged.
True damage lowered from 18/~~/50 (+ 35% bonus AD) to 20/~~/40(+20% bonus AD) Nerf

Highlander

[New] - Highlander's duration cannot last longer than 12 seconds after the last takedown. Nerf

#Explanation

Meditate changes cement the spell as a one-point-wonder that is useful at every part of the game even when it's maxed last. The healing scales with your level, so even at around level 13 (when Q and E are maxed but you have only 1 or 2 points in W) it will heal you a good amount. The % damage reduction has been changed to a static value to align with these changes. Maxing the spell only lowers the cooldown.
(cont'd) Additionally, Meditate has a new effect to make channeling Meditate more useful and reduce the downtime on Master Yi's basic abilities.
Wuju Style has been reworked to have more utility and less damage at the cost of mana. Losing damage always sucks, but the increased mobility should be worth it. The movement speed is comparable to Jayce's acceleration gate, Ekko's passive (at level 1), or Mini Gnar's W passive. The slow cleanse is also very nice, but obviously it does nothing while Highlander is active.
(cont'd) The Wuju Style changes add depth to decisions around using this spell. If I'm chasing an enemy, do I use E now to catch up faster? Or do I wait until I've caught up, so that I can use all 5 seconds of true damage on attacking the target? Should I wait until I'm slowed to use E? The mana cost also adds just a pinch of skill to Master Yi's kit by stressing the importance of budgeting mana.
The Highlander nerf is to balance out the other buffs here. This shouldn't hurt too much because 12 seconds is a long time; this is just to address outlier cases where Highlander lasts 20+ seconds after the fighting is over.

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