Nerf Yi

SteaksAreHigh·Feb 28, 2014·4 votes·849 views

Nerf Yi. All the new champs get changes because they're "unbalanced", but Yi, being around for a long time, is too strong for how easy he is to play. You can't hit him while he is in Alpha Strike, Alpha Strike gets its cooldown lowered every auto attack, and he gets a 70% cooldown reduction every kill. And that just scratches the surface.

In the 4.3 patch, Kha'Zix got nerfed. I somewhat agree that this should have happened, but Kha'Zix is relatively easy to kill at any point, and proves less of a threat compared to our infamous "Wuju Bladesman". Our bug doesn't have much potential when it comes to fights due to him being squishy, whereas Master Scrub can easily demolish and enemy team within seconds.... by himself.

This post probably won't achieve anything, and most likely be another raging post on the forum, but Yi is more broken than Teemo and his shooms. He needs a nerf pertaining to his cooldown reduction, Wuju Style, and Alpha Strike's critical strike and damage.

8 Comments

Kira OnimeFeb 28, 20143 votes

lol no.

Yi already got nerfed from GD QQ and it's also fairly apparent you weren't around the AP Yi times.

MXXIVFeb 28, 20142 votes

AP Yi was horrible, but recenly I happened to play against Yi that used to takedown half of the team and then get killed. It was worth it for him.
And no CC was enough to stop him. If we tried to run, someone had to die too. When we once succeded to pin him to the ground twice using different skills, only 1 of us died.

Kira OnimeFeb 28, 20141 votes

Yi si extremely weak to focused CC and burst.

The moment he starts getting resets is the moment you realized you failed to pin him down properly.

Yi is also a noob-stomper. Just look at the OP's level and you'll undertand his complaint.

NovaSpectreFeb 28, 20141 votes

While it's true that focusing Yi down with CC will stop him, it is extremely hard to peel Yi when he has full build and can't be slowed during his ult. All Yi has to do is wait until the hard CC is blown, and he can go about wrecking people as he pleases. More than once, I have been 2-shot as a support because Yi either crit on his passive, or he used alpha strike after I ate a little AoE damage from their frontline. Since he killed me with alpha strike, he now has his soft reset to go after my carry, and then finish off the softened up bruisers and tanks.

When I carry as an ADC, if my team can't keep the enemy Yi off me, I literally can not duel him end game because Alpha Strike provides untargetability and a large huge chunk of damage. Kiting is rendered impossible due to the slow immunity and MS boost from his ultimate.

The issue isn't so much "Yi is unstoppable," it's that if you fail to stop him, there's no way you can counter him. There are few champions in the game that can 1v1 Yi at full build, but that DOES NOT MEAN HE'S OP.

Knight DevoutFeb 28, 20142 votes

that couldn't happen unless he was already fed. That pretty much happens with every one, you need 3 people even to take down a fed renekton in lategame. And Yi is a carry on top of that.

MXXIVFeb 28, 20143 votes

We just failed to deny minions, that's all.

mechrayMar 1, 20141 votes

yi is the best champions in normal becuz he can pic on gurly champs or squishy ones but in ranked teamfights and lots of serious tanks armor can turn yi into peices of garbage even a teemo building armor can take care of yi easily