Hate to break it to you, Riot, but Yi's concept is as interesting as watching drying paint.

Colgate Gator·8/20/2015, 7:46:55 PM·10 votes·6,231 views

Please stop wasting cool ideas and effort in giving him skins, specially if he has a good number by now and already has a similar-ish skin.

#SaltyAboutNoNewChampionOrInterestingSkin

36 Comments

Riotmoonstones8/20/2015, 8:15:21 PM13 votes

Hiya!

Sorry to hear about the disappointment about these all being skins and not a new champion.

In regards to PROJECT: Yi, we selected Yi as one of the PROJECT: skins for a few reasons.

  • Yi had a lot of potential when it came to fitting in with a PROJECT: thematic.
  • We felt his kit had a lot of opportunities for interesting particles, especially for when he ulted.
  • Master Yi hadn't had a skin since 2012, and in addition to that, his catalog of skins isn't super stacked. He doesn't have a lot of cool particles, recalls, or the other kinds of bells and whistles that a lot of newer skins had. PROJECT: Yi is a legendary skin, which gives Yi all of the things he was missing in his previous skins.
Bijorn8/20/2015, 7:53:09 PM3 votes

Not sure why you are salty as Riot stated that the "mysterious 6th skin" was not for a new champ. They also stated that a new champ wouldn't come out until after worlds as they are focused on balance changes for it.

I guess being salty for not listing/paying attention is a good reason.

J Eevo8/20/2015, 10:05:55 PM1 votes

I'd have to agree with OP - Yi is just mechanically boring with his main thing being "I AA THINGS AND YOU CAN'T SLOW ME DOWN" with old AP build getting deleted instead of getting balanced (since it was ridiculous before)

I'm sad though because the skin he gets is SUPER FUCKING COOL, and I'd gladly buy it if it was for any champion other than Yi who I have no desire to play as.

Maikal8/20/2015, 10:33:54 PM1 votes

hmm. So when you watch paint dry, does it dry from the top first to the bottom? Or from the bottom to the top?

Stars Shaper8/22/2015, 7:42:42 AM1 votes

Must agree with OP.

So much potential.. equally big disappointment.

Big Lincoln8/20/2015, 7:52:24 PM1 votes

i think project sion would've been cool

big boi edri8/24/2015, 4:35:30 PM1 votes

You know what would've made a really nifty project skin? Project: Zyra. Lots of cool effects could be created there!

Merxamers8/20/2015, 8:19:28 PM1 votes

I have to disagree. I'm glad Yi got a new skin like this; i think his VO (both vanilla and Project) are cool and fun, and i'll contend that Yi remains one of the best VUs that Riot has done (especially since many of the newer ones are so mediocre). These project skins are cool, and i'm glad Yi got one; my only regret is that i'm now going to see a ton of him in my solo que games.