So I just happened to look at the changes to Yuumi that are currently on the PBE. I'm concerned that these changes will not accomplish the intended goal of making her viable for new players over pro play. These changes would effectively put her in the same trash bin as Kalista and Ivern. There are small buffs here and there but there are such overpowering nerfs that it effectively ruins her play potential.
Honestly, I agree that Yuumi was a bit too strong when she arrived. RIOT clearly tried to copy Abathur from HOtS, without understanding why and how Abathur works, and they messed it up.
BUt gutting her and leaving her in a state where she could as well be removed (RIOTS basic policy with champions they dont like) is not the answer.
They give her a xerath Passive but then completely punish her for using it. She is already just fucking dead if you hit her with CC. Now its even more so.
Hop off and Senna shoots her to death before she can even get a bop and block shield.
Well she already has a trash win rate, now it'll be even worse lololol #Logic
passive + a shield + more adaptive force........
Its official they want yuumi to be the only champ who doesn't need mana regen items and therefore to never leave lane because she won't buy boots so if someone has TP rip that cat thing
adc players cried.
She's already gutted.
WOW So Riot actually listen to my post about Yuumi needing more ways to get knocked off!
That thread had a lot of up votes and a lot of good discussion. The Mods Deleted the thread ( not a gameplay thread they said) so I posted another one and they deleted that one and THEY opened a new one without voting allowed AND changed the title to mean the OPPOSITE of what mine says (We dont need more ways to knock Yuumi off her target)
On the changes. They did what was discussed in the thread
Giver Yuumi more reasons to get off her target.
Thye buffed her Passive and gave back the mana regen. Made her Damage from passive more and the shield is bigger
They then also made it harder for her to reattach (also a good change)
Im actually impressed.
In regards to why Yuumi (lowest win rate in the game) deserves nerfs your guess is as good as mine. and like Teemo Yuumi has haters, but at least with Teemo, some of the hate makes sense... Teemo has an ok win rate (not the lowest) and he's hell to lane against especially in the top lane melee meta.
