Master Yi needing a buff in 8.2. Thoughts from a 500k mastery rank, Master Yi main.

Master Yi has many problems with his kit. Mostly he is just outdated. There are many other champions that are way better picks. His strength used to be that he was mobile and had high damage late game. Well there are just champions that do more damage than him late game and do that damage safely. Whereas he has to be in the other targets face. There are other champions that are far more mobile than him as. There are also better picks that allow access to the backline than Yi. Master Yi gets outclassed in every single way by most champions.

Back in the day, I hear he was super overpowered. I don't doubt this. There just weren't enough champions in the game back then that could cc him well enough. Now, there are more than enough champion that can not only cc him but completely outduel him and outclass him in every way. In my opinion, you could completely revert most if not all of his nerfs and he would still have a low win rate (except in low elo). However, I don't think that is the right way to go about this. As It does not solve the issues he has with the current game state.

Right now, Master Yi is very reliant on red buff for its slow on auto attacks. This is not healthy, Almost every jungler in the game has some sort of cc in their kit to allow them to create a successful gank. I think Adding a slow on his e (maybe making it cost mana as well) would allow him better results in fixing his actual problems.

Another problem is, in my opinion, his w. Personally, I don't think his should be a channel anymore. Back in the day, I understand he was extremely strong and need some sort of draw back. However, in the current state of the game I don't feel this ability should be a channel anymore. Having it an auto attack reset is very nice and essential in his kit. If you changed this ability where it instantly healed him and gave him a damage reduction for 4 secs (the animation of the ability cast could still give him the auto attack reset) I think it would really help his issues in the current state of the game.

If you were to make these two adjustments to his abilities, I think he would be in a fine place. However, there are plenty of other things that you could do to ultimately help him. These are just my suggestions with out totally reworking him (which he currently needs). He is, sadly, Just outclassed by every other jungler. I don't even play him very often anymore, especially not in ranked. There are simply better champion that I (and anyone else) can win with.

Picking Master Yi in the current state of the game not only holds yourself at a disadvantage but also your team.

I would personally like some feedback from a rioter on my suggestions. I would also like to know what the current plans are for Master Yi in 8.2, as he is my favorite champion to play and I would really love to be able to play him in ranked again without feeling like a burden for my team.