Apparently even though Heimer is supposed to be a top priority Master Yi jumped the queue for his own wardrobe change a few upgrades to his kit! Check out the official post below!
Master Yi's slated for a visual upgrade and kit rework in a coming patch . In addition to a new model, more polished animations and expanded voice over, each of Yi's abilities are getting updates to address issues with his popular AP and AD builds. His kit should still feel familiar to both AP and AD enthusiasts, and we're hoping to retain most of the fun aspects of both playstyles.
We had three basic goals with the Master Yi updates:
We had three basic goals with the Master Yi updates:
- Polish up Master Yi's art and aesthetics so they hit the same level of polish as new champions
- Merge the most enjoyable aspects of AP and AD Yi into a single cohesive playstyle
- Place more emphasis on mastering Yi's abilities so he's less frustrating in lower level play and scales better with player skill
Why'd Master Yi get a new look?
Master Yi was one of the first League of Legends champions ever created. Back then the game had a less established artistic identity. We've learned a lot over the years, but we also thought it was important to preserve his core look and feel as a part of LoL history. The differences are subtle, but when you check out the new Yi you'll notice his proportions are more in line with his fellow champs, his animations are more polished and he has some sweet new acrobatic moves on Alpha Strike, Double Strike and Highlander.
Why does Yi need a design update?
Most of AD Yi's power comes from his basic attack combined with the steroid effects on Wuju Style, Highlander and Double Strike. Without AP, there's almost no incentive to master your active skills – Meditate's not a very effective disengage and Alpha Strike can actually make you lose DPS since you could be attacking during the cast animation. By contrast, AP Yi requires careful management of Alpha Strike, Meditate and Wuju Style to maximize damage and survivability, but doesn't do a whole lot with his basic attack until he gets Lich Bane.
While both these playstyles are interesting in their own right, they don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive, and there's probably a unified design that offers the best of both. Moreover, while AP Yi's a rather compelling late game fighter, he's extremely frustrating to face in lane, so scaling back Alpha Strike and Meditate was a necessary part of the update.
What's happening to AP Yi?
While straight AP probably won't remain a prominent build, AP Yi players will find many of the familiar elements of their playstyle intact. While Alpha Strike and Meditate are scaled back so they're less overwhelming in lane, carefully managing your active abilities will play an important role in staying alive and maximizing your DPS. You'll also have the added power of AD Yi's basic attack to make up for your less devastating Alpha Strikes.
How's the new Master Yi play?
We imagine the updated Master Yi will work well in both mid lane and the jungle. We definitely want to skew his itemization away from the typical tank-heavy fighter builds. The updated kit rewards glass cannon DPS builds that rely on disengaging with Alpha Strike and Meditate to stay alive. Most of his power still comes though items rather than natural scaling through levels. Overall, Master Yi players should have more strategic options, and more incentive to master his full kit to fight effectively. Source
The new upgrade is slated for the near future, but "definitely not in the 3.9 patch" according to Solcrushed
Excited for the new upgrades? Comment below!
About fucking time!
ReplyDeleteSry, but im probably going to hate it... i rly lke the current ap yi.
ReplyDeletethe new looks are awesome, i have the lightsaber one. and im kinda excited for the hybrid yi but it might crash and burn
ReplyDeleteThey change his scalings to Ad. There is not gonna be a HYbrid yi, you just build Ad yi, but all that scaled with AP, scales with Ad now. So he gonna be the same dps beast, but while building AD, you get all the advantages that AP yi had.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny I play AD yi anyway
ReplyDeleteAP Yi has needed to die for a long time. It's stupid that his Q does the same amount of ridiculous damage to all 5 players on the other team. It either needs to decrease with each strike, or only do half that damage or less. No other champion has the capability to hit that many people for that much damage all at once. Other champions who have that much burst can only do it to a single player, and champions that have aoe abilities only hit for a reasonable amount, such as Gragas' Q. But no champion should have that much burst on that many players AND HAVE RESETS ON TOP OF IT. AP Yi doesn't even need a team!
ReplyDeleteAP Yi has needed to die for a long time. It's stupid that his Q does the same amount of ridiculous damage to all 5 players on the other team. It either needs to decrease with each strike, or only do half that damage or less. No other champion has the capability to hit that many people for that much damage all at once. Other champions who have that much burst can only do it to a single player, and champions that have aoe abilities only hit for a reasonable amount, such as Gragas' Q. But no champion should have that much burst on that many players AND HAVE RESETS ON TOP OF IT. AP Yi doesn't even need a team!!!
ReplyDeletead yi is to strong now. Ad yi was viable but now they added a bonus heal and added ad scaling that can crit on alpha strike. This is totally overdoing it
ReplyDeleteYI NEEDS TO GET NERFED UNTIL HIS AD IS .1 PER LEVEL AND HIS ATK SPEED IS .05 PER LEVEL
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