Kinda sad we lost Master Yi's Q cast animation

carrotbunny·5/18/2019, 6:24:14 AM·3 votes·6,690 views

I'm not sure these are the right boards for it and it will sound very nitpicky from me but I really liked Master Yi's Q cast animation and I'm sad to see it go. Now using it looks pretty awkward since he just dissapears instantly with no animation being reminiscent of a much older champion which he really isn't. I'm already seeing people saying it would be misleading to keep it since he's now untargettable on cast so keeping his model for a fraction of a second longer would confuse some people making them maybe waste some skillshots but... not really. I know the animation was really really short and people will think I'm crazy ranting about something so small that many probably didn't even notice and will get downvoted to hell for it but I felt I needed to write it anyways cause however small I loved that little animation and felt it added a lot to his cool factor while playing him. And a bit off topic but I don't understand how exactly is removing the cast time meant to give him a higher skill ceiling? Now you literally have to press Q as soon as you're about to get hit instead of actually timing it well/predicting your opponent's actions, I feel like the buffs could have gone in a different direction instead of just making his Q a massive powerhouse and nerfing everything else, in fact all this just makes its removal all the more annoying to me. And I didn't even mention the removal of his E passive also meant they removed its unique effect for EVERY SINGLE SKIN. Even the Chosen Yi green lightsaber is gone now. I'm angry.

2 Comments

ForeverInMyHeart5/21/2019, 7:17:14 PM2 votes

Hey, your point is pretty relevant - the cast animation does go alongside the spell, itself. Furthermore, as a general life lesson, the little things do matter. Personally, I don't find it a problem that the animation is gone - just from a personal perspective. Buuut it doesn't mean it can't come back - LoL always has new patches where things are sometimes reverted (and in fact, Zac's ultimate got completely reverted, on the PBE, to its original release state). I honestly don't think you can use a viable replacement to the cast animation which wouldn't cause confusion. No cast animation = no cast animation, sadly.

Addressing one of you other points - removing the E passive does mean the unique effect is gone for every skin. This is concerning, especially for Chosen Yi :( I'm not too familiar with lightsabers but the colour Blue and Red are very distinct - this could help add clarity to the skin, however, because it's clearer to recognise when "Wuju Style" has been activated or not.

Therefore, I won't be upvoting this, unfortunately.

KingVKB125/18/2019, 7:05:18 AM1 votes

That looks cool