Forgot about the servers. I am Europe West, so i doubt we can play :(
I will post my vids asap, which will display what you just mentioned. I am currently editing them. So far i managed to get on video an annie mid and another Ap Yi build which i got denied early on.

Well AP yi is a rather unbalanced champ he will either be OP or UP making a video of what can happen would be a good idea. Are you on the NA server?

Hourglass is a cool item. Yes you can NINJA in with alpha strike and then use hourglass to avoid all CC and dmg then with 6 secs of cd on alpha it wont be long till you alpha again. then meditate and alpha again. BUT u need those 4 first items to make AP yi worthwhile. U need the mana regen, cd ap and 550 sth ad nuke every 6 secs. I pick void staff as 5th item because by then every1 will have some magic resist and hps and they dont die as easy.

And meditate 3 times every minute = full health = very hard to beat. Yes 30 ad is a lot but as you said yi is very fragile. You must assess your opponent and enemy jungler before picking wuju at 4 or 8 level. Lots of times i get towerdived at lvl5-6 and i manage to kill one or both heroes with meditate lvl2. Thats why a guide is hard to write. There is always adaptation to the enemy strategy and sometimes you must also change tactics to win.

Nice debate by the way. If you like we can create a video which you can show either why AP YI is awful, or great depending on the result. Choose your fav mid hero :)

I know its an AP(i do play it for fun sometimes) build but 30 AD is just too good for 1 point for any yi not to take it. What I meant is that you should take at least 1 point in wuju style early something like lv 3 or 4. The first point in wuju is very OP.

Yes at 40% its around 20 sec but even that is a long *** time for a skill it can almost be seen as an other ult rather then an other skill.

I don't play enought AP Yi to actualy tell if its a good idea but I was thinking: wouldn't hourglass be good? As in leap in, get focus hourglass +/or meditate. I was thinking that being able to do this rambo lure for the team as AP yi more often could be worth the try. What do you think?

With 40% cd it gets somewhere around 20 secs. And with 3400 gold cost it does so pretty fast.

If you focus on wuju then AD is the way to go :) I know meditation doesnt look good till you get tower dived! Wuju wont save you there.

I know the whole ap yi thing sounds ridiculous if you think about it, till you see it. I should upload a video or something to make the first 10 mins of gameplay clear, or the whole ap yi thing more ridiculous!

Still give it a try on mid and let me know if it works for you :) i have given your guide a go and it works OFC. Especially when jungling. Yi is so much fun

35 sec COOL DOWN!!! 1 or 2 point if you want but pls no more its doesn't give you anything else on the other hand Wuju has a huge dmg boost its part of what makes master yi who he is.

Take meditate before wuju because you can still melee hit enemies. You only lose the +15 dmg on every hit with passive and the +30 with active. On the other hand you get a better heal and armor that will help you a lot more when fighting heroes like Le BLanc, kassadin, rumble or talon. Level 1 meditation wasn't enough for me when fighting Le Blanc or rumble mid :)

As a rule I pick wuju style based on my opponent (at summoner lvl 4).

I dont use the extra 15 damage to harass because i dont get up personal unless that is to secure my kill. When that happens that extra damage wont matter.

Why take meditate before wuju stile? Alpha strike cant defeat enemy by itself.