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Master Yi needs a nerf

MrVK00L·2/7/2020, 4:32:22 PM·4 votes·982 views

Ok so before ppl go in saying hes obsolete in higher elos (diamond +) due to better teamplay and understading of game mechanics, hes still broken let me show u how his design is just completely flawed in this game

Lets discuss his kit:

passive double auto attack ( doesnt need much explaining how broken this is with rage blade) Q lets him dodge pretty much any skill shot or attempted CC and is less than 2sec cd with rageblade stacked W dmg reduction and healing to the point that it almost as effective as hourglass E so more dmg cuz why not and lets also make its active true dmg R gives him MS and cannot be slowed so forget kiting him and is also prolonged if he gets a kill

now if u read the above skills and didn't know that master yi is an assassin/dueler you'd think thats crazy, and it is.

we know how weak yi is early game and he has to power farm to hit lvl 6 + rage blade to become useful. But once he get beyond that point he just snowballs hard even if hes 0/0/0. Not to mention you could be brain dead and feed but reach a late enough game that you can duel anyone without a problem.

for those who say "just cc him" i did an experiment with a couple of friends and made a 4 cc team comp ( Naut, Thresh Teemo and pyke) to fight a normal 5v5 team with yi in it. the results were as follows: Yi easily dodged naut and thresh hooks, and would QSS out of naut ult. If he was to be blinded he would simply W and wait it out. Now i dont have to mention this is not a 1v5 situation, this is a 5v5 fight that has other champions we have to worry about CC'ing and kiting. Not to mention Yi has life steal and almost 1 shot potential on any squishy he lands on. This is very frustrating as an adc since ur team is doing all it has in its disposal to peel him off you and if it works it just leaves others to jumping on you. (also a side note, yi + taric ult is literally invincible)

I just think overall this champ is beyond busted at this point ( at least plat and below) and needs a good nerf to stop his outrageous dmg. Until then im perma banning him and unfortunately have to dodge queues if not, leaving me in an awkward riot bans or almost guaranteed lp loss after wasting minimum of 20min game.

I would like to know your opinion on this champ and how do u deal with him in soloq or 5v5 teams.

PS: it also triggers me the fact that rito promotes low skills champs to win games

3 Comments

Best Azir Africa2/7/2020, 5:06:04 PM3 votes

I think he is really good rn because of healing/lifesteal/sustain being a big problem right now. People build healing on Yi and he even has it in his kit. So yeah, pretty meta rn. Rather than nerfing yi, they should nerf healing in general.

Kuponya2/7/2020, 5:11:23 PM1 votes

If you played the game with your head instead of your ass, you'd know that Yi generally isn't a problem. Any champion that is ahead or full build is always going to feel like a problem regardless. Yi's true weakness is not CC, but being melee.