AOE Yi?

BluePolarizer·Jul 6, 2016·1 votes·415 views

With the change to his E to scale off bonus AD rather than total, it seems to me that a high AD AOE build would be pretty good.

Something like would give him ALOT of AD, decent tankiness against both physical and magic damage for the amount of in-combat mobility he has and alot of AOE to allow him to get resets very fast, while having a superior build path to crit. The only problem is that he is worse against tanks than the build but shredding tanks has never been either Yi's job or Yi's problem. With Hydra, you could conceivably take out the enemy ADC instantly with a Q/shiv auto/hydra/auto and then finish off another squishy - support or mid - with a mere 1-2 more autos due to the huge AOE you have and due to the tendency of backliners to clump, especially peel supports and ADCs.

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Azules500Jul 6, 20161 votes

Build: Thunderlords Armorpen marks AD quints item 1400 item 3087 item 3031 item 3508

combo: E-aa-Q-aa oneshots any ADC w/ no defensive items

Then you use that kill to reset your Q and spam it 5 times in a teamfight. Rip AP Yi Master Yi would do more AoE dmg if you just build full AD, crit, and armorpen - using your Q and highlander resets to do pentakill worthy dmg.

BluePolarizerJul 6, 20161 votes

You'd farm super slowly at the start tho.

For that build I'd say you'll definitely need some defensive items since you aren't lifestealing as much and you can be bursted down in the 2 seconds between Q's. Maybe item 3053 item 3047 ?

Azules500Jul 6, 20161 votes

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You'd farm super slowly at the start tho.

For that build I'd say you'll definitely need some defensive items since you aren't lifestealing as much and you can be bursted down in the 2 seconds between Q's. Maybe ?

I never get lifesteal on Yi, bc I can just meditate to heal and the lifesteal from jungle item is enough. A defensive item would be nice though. I sometimes get a 6th item banshees. Merc treads or tabis work pretty well too. Edit: Oh, and the AD build usually farms really well actually, since your Q just murders the small jungle monsters.

MunchCrunchLunchJul 6, 20161 votes

the best yi build currently is

warrior tabis black cleaver titanic hydra death dance maws

you could go warrior greaves cleaver titanic death dance maws.

or instead of death dance frozen mallet for tankiness.

or you can use rageblade but you'd have to get tankier. grab a dead mans plate and a spirit visage

SasogwaJul 6, 20161 votes

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the best yi build currently is

Don't state your opinion as a fact, ty

MunchCrunchLunchJul 6, 20161 votes

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no

Don't state your opinion as a fact, ty

dont take my opinion as a fact and be a dick about your own thoughts.

SasogwaJul 7, 20161 votes

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dont take my opinion as a fact and be a dick about your own thoughts.

"The best Yi build currently is" is an assumption. but so be it, I'll be doing the same kind of answer.

No it is wrong ! The best yi build currently is item 1419 item 3153 item 3047 item 3071 item 3143 item 3156 (or item 3142 instead of ).

See? "I think the best Yi build is", "imo the best build is", "the best build I can think of is" would be better ways to present it. But eh whatever, I'm taking too much time with these details.

In any case, I don't like having 0 resistances as Yi. You can have a bunch of strong offensive items and still have good defensive stats, even if you're going for item 3142 item 3153 which is a very offensive build