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Master Yi - Warrior over devourer?

BluePolarizer·1/8/2015, 8:08:13 PM·1 votes·12,121 views

It used to be undisputed that Devourer was better. However I'm not sure anymore. With full attack speed runes and zerkers, Yi already can hit 2.0+ attack speed with warrior and the typical build (bork+ghostblade) while ulting and active on. Warrior gives him Q scaling, extra true damage on E, extra CDR. This means that his clears will be MUCH faster and safer. In addition, it gives more flat armor pen to stack with ghostblade for mid-game squishy melting and to help late game crits, as well as 20 more on-hit damage to start. The brutalizer component allows him to be a pretty scary ganker even with longswords and blue smite, while no one is scared of Yi with daggers.

I noticed that with devourer, before I get a vamp scepter, I still take damage from the jungle which leaves me around 70%-80% HP, while I can keep almost full with warrior. From my testing, Master Yi with Warriors seems to have a much earlier power spike than Devourer, while late game still being relatively tanky with 1-2 defensive items.

A drawback is that Yi has to take greaves with Warriors, but devourer opens up defensive boot options. Also, with devourer scaling, you can afford to take 2 defensive items (usually Randuins+GA or banshees) with no decrease in damage, instead of having to make late game compromises about damage vs. tankiness (with warrior I usually build BoRK+Ghostblade+Warrior+Greaves+Randuins+situational).

Thus, I think that Warrior should be a safe pick, either while behind or even, while Devourer should be only taken if you are snowballing like mad and thus able to get stacks from kills/assists. What do you guys think?

16 Comments

4nth0l0gy1/8/2015, 8:21:10 PM1 votes

...I'd say depends on your play style. If you're going to be ganking a lot, I'd go warrior. If you're going to be farming a lot, I'd go devourer.

Mat7itan1/8/2015, 8:22:55 PM1 votes

It really depends on play style. If you want to have a lot of early game impact you typically want warrior because it gives better combat stats early. However, if your going for late game you probably want to take devourer.

Toothless Lion1/8/2015, 8:24:04 PM1 votes

I personally think the triple damage type on hit you get with Yi's E, devourer, and auto attacks is really cool, but it isn't really necessary unless your team is all AD and/or the enemy team has a mega tank like Rammus or Malphite.

Cowsep and other high elo Yi junglers have moved to warrior.

I personally don't jungle Yi often, but whenever I jungle with AD champs and get fed, I usually skip getting an enchantment and start building real item.

Warrior isn't bad, but I personally would rather have tiamat and stalker than warrior with boots or something about equal in gold value. (and no I'm not saying go Tiamat on Yi).

Commando Yi1/13/2015, 10:12:04 PM1 votes

you have a passive that applies on hit effects with full effect twice

go devourer every time

Hécate II2/8/2015, 2:20:38 PM1 votes

Both builds have their right to exist, i main master yi (dia) and here is what i think: Warrior has the clear early game pressure however devourer is the better pick for lategame. In the current meta, you want to get objectives as early as possible like drake and towers However your fight potential lacks ats to get your q faster reseted to.dodge more abilities If you play with a premade team you should pick warrior. Devourer is good when your team doesnt fall behind in lanes so you can stay longer in.the jungle and get more stacks ( also you are more likely to get stacks when your laners are even with theirs)

You Revive6/18/2015, 4:12:28 AM1 votes

Yi's E scales to AD. I guess that pretty much settles the argument. But for those who LOVE 3 colours of numbers fly off whenever yu hit someone, go for Devourer!item 3086

Je fés là Graves6/26/2015, 1:02:00 AM1 votes

Actually, even when snowballing i find that the Devourer doesn't scale that well with other items, especially crit, and is not quite worth replacing the BRK because of the lack of regen (cf:Feral Flare)

Kamekazí8/21/2015, 3:57:58 AM1 votes

Warrior Reasons:

Scales Good With E Botrk is enough attack speed for Yi Ganking Is easier

Devourer Reasons: You really like attack speed Double Strike more Q more Easy Farming

Temnota9/27/2015, 11:11:51 AM1 votes

It seems, thhat u dont understand the premise here. Main strenght of devourer Yi lies in the fact, that you can build devourer, botrk and then go juggernaut/tank items, while still dealin ALOT of damage.

AyRe CoNteMpT9/27/2015, 1:58:48 PM1 votes

devourer. this discussion is over.

TurtleStacks9/27/2015, 3:29:52 PM1 votes

If you're ahead warrior works and if you are behind warrior works. Devour only works if you are ahead. I usually gank lvl 3 with yi if some one is really pushed. Depending how it and the next gank goes depends what I buy. Also if I counter jg early and get a kill I'll go dev.