I love yuumi!
I love yuumi. Let me explain why.
Many people are currently upset about yuumies sitting on their shoulder a lot and for a min I thought the issue was me (I know a good bit of it was because I'm trying to learn the champ but matchmaking put me as secondary all day -.-). I was forced to go my secondary again but this time I was on the receiving end of yuumi support and holy sweaty Jesus balls I loved it! I loved having yuumi sitting on my shoulder. She's such a forgiving champ if players stay close enough for her to get outta Dodge if she messes up. Many folks can't see the appeal but from both playing her and with her, the appeal to this champ are clear.
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She is the most forgiving support in the game. Forgiving in the sense of them getting caught and whatnot. If the adc or an ally is close she can likely get out alive.
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alright this one is what I realized while playing with yuumi. She frees you up. As adc xayah with yuumi vs a cait rakan lane, I can tell you I have not felt so good playing adc. The first time in years I've actually grinned not because we are winning, but just because of how good it felt. I was freed (for the most part) of having to actually worry about them feeding. I didn't have to pay attention to them and I still had support unlike an afk soraka for example. I was able to play naturally and boi, we dominated lane until a couple of 4 man ganks I didn't pay attention to. Even while we were loosing, I grinned because of how good it felt to not have to actually worry about my support. Instead of having to worry about 4 folks bot, me my laner and both opponents, I only had to worry about 3. It was bloody liberating and I really was able to shine and be happy even in a loss. It was genuine happiness too.
TLDR; Yuumi is good, needs a couple of tweaks while playing her, make her a actually have a detonation and make her ult do a wee bit more damage and she's perfect. She frees up the adc to where they don't have to focus on them while still being useful. Nice job riot!!