Getting Cheesed by Yordle Late Game

RAIJIN EX··4 votes·3,434 views

Miss % on yordle Gnar Veigar Tristana Poppy is way too high and late game fights become my team hitting AIR and them steamrolling everything. RITO pls fix

Sincerely, Guy who plays yordle sometime

Edit: wouldn't be that bad if I could get Rapidfire Cannon item 3094 so I have a guaranteed hit chance BUT, item RNG exists and recurve bow item 1043 is the most contested item in the game. Please balance a little better so that getting a chain vest item 1031 doesn't suck too bad.

11 Comments

GigglesO6 votes

Just build sorcerers and laugh.

Z3SIeeper2 votes

And pick up all those chain vests along the way for some pre-patch 9.14 Locket shenanigans.

GigglesO2 votes

So... this is gonna sound dumb but I can't seem to locate the 9.14 tft changes...

Z3SIeeper1 votes

Yeah they're hard to dig up. Gotta google search it since S@20 doesn't post em. I usually just look for any random 3rd party source.

Here's one.

https://tftactics.gg/news/patch-9.14-pbe-changes

Porglit1 votes

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So... this is gonna sound dumb but I can't seem to locate the 9.14 tft changes...

I couldn't find them anywhere either... I don't know why they're hidden o_O

The Ecdysiast2 votes

Play smart. Lose early so you get to pick first.

That doesn't mean you have to take the maximum amount of damage, but you can arrange your team so it's slightly weaker than others.

Moonstride1 votes

and it gives ur the streak bonus as well i love the sorc ele yordle demon combos

Subdue1 votes

Maybe 6 Yordle is a little too strong, but I think it needs to be pretty strong considering how hard it is to get it. First, you need to be at least level 6, and then you have to accumulate a Tier 4 and 3 Tier 3 champions. And, if you don't want to completely melt, At least some of them need to be Silvers. Plus, what you're doing is very visible to everyone who bothers to look at your board, since you'll most likely have a leveled Tristana and several yordles on your bench or on the field, so anyone who's paying attention should start buying up Gnars and Veigars even if they don't need them, just to slow you down.

If you manage to get a Yordle team together despite all those hurdles, the reward for doing so should be very substantial.

Kokudilandau1 votes

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Maybe 6 Yordle is a little too strong, but I think it needs to be pretty strong considering how hard it is to get it. First, you need to be at least level 6, and then you have to accumulate a Tier 4 and 3 Tier 3 champions. And, if you don't want to completely melt, At least some of them need to be Silvers. Plus, what you're doing is very visible to everyone who bothers to look at your board, since you'll most likely have a leveled Tristana and several yordles on your bench or on the field, so anyone who's paying attention should start buying up Gnars and Veigars even if they don't need them, just to slow you down.

If you manage to get a Yordle team together despite all those hurdles, the reward for doing so should be very substantial.

pick all Yordles, upgrade them best you can like any match.... doesn't seen that hard to me really

Subdue1 votes

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pick all Yordles, upgrade them best you can like any match.... doesn't seen that hard to me really

The first level of Yordle can't be accessed until you pick up 3 of them, which means if you go straight to Yordle, you end up with something like Tristana + Lulu + Kennen/Poppy/Veigar. But with Kennen/Poppy/Veigar all being Level 3s, within any given round your probability of getting even one of them is only 7.5%. And even if you manage to get them, 3 Yordle only gives you 30% chance to miss, which when you're looking at squishy champions like most of the Yordles, excluding Poppy and post-transformation Gnar, and it's not a huge factor.

Compare this to the early game of other strategies:

Noble: Two paths to early combos: Vayne/Garen/Fiora+Lucian. This gives a very strong buff in the very early, and Garen is solid with a build or even a Morellonomicon build.

Void: Another really strong start with Kassadin/Khazix/Rek/Sai. Transitions easily into Assassins setups.

This is the same for many combinations, somewhat reliable early game that can transition into a late game. With Yordles though, you don't have a reliable early game. Most likely you do something like Gunslinger/Pirates or Wild/Sorcerer/ and then try to transition, which involves basically building champions on your bench and switching them in when you managed to build them, while at the same time building what's actually on the field so you don't get wiped before your Yordles are ready. This causes both economy strains and space issues on your bench.

So no, it's not just pick all Yordles and upgrade as best you can.

Devilreaper XIII1 votes

yordles have no real bonus with eachother other than that dodge, which can be bypassed with abilities and rfc..... and besides if you think 60% dodge on yordles is bad try a team with shen giving surrounding allies 100% dodge.....

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