Why did Master Yi get a buff

CloakAndGrenade··3 votes·1,400 views

Why did you nerf one unstoppable, late-game scaling true damage hyper carry with frustrating mobility put into their Q and an ult that grants them a crap-ton of damage and movespeed Vayne

Only to throw an unnecessary buff at another one MasterYi

In my opinion, a Broken Yi is far worse then a broken vayne. Yi has built in sustain, damage reduction on his Q, and while vayne can Q to dodge skillshots, Yi's grants invulnerability. You also didn't just 'nudge' this kit strength, you buffed his damage significantly. 10% AD ratio increase is spicy on any champion, but when that is coming out in true damage its absurd.

Yi's Q allows him to dodge quite a bit of CC, and you can't exactly slow him since his ult is so counter-play heavy (sarcasm). His built in heals (not to mention bort is very commonly built on him) combined with his Q allow him to pop out of a CC that actually lands, Q again because its CD is relatively low, and continue to shred.

Yi's only counterplay, is to hardlock him down and shred him before he can burst you. As a support main, Yi is "T minus X seconds till ADC death", and with so much more damage, this window of opportunity that I have to stop him before he gets a kill and reset on his CD's is significantly lower.

its almost as bad as Olaf when he's over powered. It feels like I'm trying to use a slingshot to stop a bullet train from ramming my mother into the next dimension.

12 Comments

SEKAI8 votes

Yi has been literally listed as the worst jungler in the entire game on most stat keeping sites. The buff is by far not unnecessary.

Jamaree5 votes

Because he is only this monster you describe in low elo. High elo, he is shit.

Need Gold 4 Tent3 votes

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Because he is only this monster you describe in low elo. High elo, he is shit.

His winrate is below 50% even in low elo. This monster doesn't exist.

Slice n Dice em1 votes

No no, not high elo. P2 to D4 is mid elo not high. Also this guy probably lost to yi and started complaining here. You don't even feel the change post buffs, he might have lost lost to Yi last patch and still would come here to complain about how broken Yi is.

Jamaree1 votes

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No no, not high elo. P2 to D4 is mid elo not high. Also this guy probably lost to yi and started complaining here. You don't even feel the change post buffs, he might have lost lost to Yi last patch and still would come here to complain about how broken Yi is.

That is exactly what happened.

SalterinoK3 votes

I was hoping this would end and reveal a sarcastic shit post but i was sadly disappointed i guess this is why Riot refuses to make Yi a playable champion there are still people that are so mentally challenged they actually think Yi is broken no not a "bad" champion not a balanced champion not a troll pick but a broken champion people like this swarm the balance team and influence the only good people on it like are you serious have you ever tried using your brain

greekvandaL2 votes

Yi is useless even post buffs. Vayne is disgusting even post nerfs. Git gud

ShuyinTheX1 votes

Because Yi gets more and more shit the higher elo you go.

Commando Yi1 votes

yi's pretty overpowered right up till about bronze 4

RainXBlade1 votes

People like you are the reason why Yi is in such a shitty state atm.

He's not even a monster in low elo. Wanna look at a really terrifying jungler? Look at Kha'Zix.

MinchSko1 votes

with this buffs yi is fucking insane... perma ban almost now

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