What's wrong with going standard bruiser with Randuin's Omen/ Maw of Malmortius/ Frozen Mallet?
Fratmas isn't viable anymore, and Yi doesn't even have the health pool to use it anyway.
No point in starting Regrowth Pendant in top lane if with your squishy early game and vulnerable to ganks.
Fratmas isn't viable anymore, and Yi doesn't even have the health pool to use it anyway.
No point in starting Regrowth Pendant in top lane if with your squishy early game and vulnerable to ganks.
Yi is a high skillcap squishy AD champ.
If you build him tanky with a wits end(wtf, really) you're counterproductive to what your whole purpose is.
What yi does best is counter an enemy AOE ulty team, you wait for the enemy to go in, use their ulties and then you jump out from some bush and get a penta kill. If enemy team doesn't use their aoe ulties your team is gonna win the teamfight regardless.
Either run him flash-smite or cleanse-smite.
Once you go in, you rely on your lifesteal, MR and Armor to stay alive.
A possible build could be:
Wriggle's->T1boots->Zeal->merc treads(or Armor/zerker greaves)->IE->Tri-force.
This gives you some lifesteal to last through the teamfight, A lot of damage, And the slow proc from phage.
If you can't handle squishy yi as an AOE ulty counter, you shouldn't play yi at all.
If you build him tanky with a wits end(wtf, really) you're counterproductive to what your whole purpose is.
What yi does best is counter an enemy AOE ulty team, you wait for the enemy to go in, use their ulties and then you jump out from some bush and get a penta kill. If enemy team doesn't use their aoe ulties your team is gonna win the teamfight regardless.
Either run him flash-smite or cleanse-smite.
Once you go in, you rely on your lifesteal, MR and Armor to stay alive.
A possible build could be:
Wriggle's->T1boots->Zeal->merc treads(or Armor/zerker greaves)->IE->Tri-force.
This gives you some lifesteal to last through the teamfight, A lot of damage, And the slow proc from phage.
If you can't handle squishy yi as an AOE ulty counter, you shouldn't play yi at all.
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@Pølse: Why not build Witts? It's a pretty good source of MR and the AS makes him scale nicely.
@The build: Atma's, meh. No phantom dancer makes me hurt a little because of how well he scales with AS+Crit. GA is fine as well.
IMO, I'd replace atmas and witts with PD's. I also play dunkmaster so, take it as you will.
@The build: Atma's, meh. No phantom dancer makes me hurt a little because of how well he scales with AS+Crit. GA is fine as well.
IMO, I'd replace atmas and witts with PD's. I also play dunkmaster so, take it as you will.
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It is jungling with Regrowth Pendant, not top lane. And Atma's Impaler is still the only armor item which gives AD. And crit aswell.
Another build: Mercury's Treads, Frozen Mallet, Randuin's Omen, Banshee's Veil, Bloodthirster, Phantom Dancer.
Another build: Mercury's Treads, Frozen Mallet, Randuin's Omen, Banshee's Veil, Bloodthirster, Phantom Dancer.
He scales waaay better with crit than AS, he gets AS from ulty, only thing he really needs is crit , crit damage and lifesteal to make him a monster.
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Boots -> Wriggle's Lantern -> Phage -> Zeal -> Hexdrinker
Final build looks like this:
Wriggle's Lantern
Mercury's Treads
Phantom Dancer
Frozen Mallet
Maw of Malmortius
Atma's Impaler
Swap Wriggles for I.E towards the end. Maybe Guardian Angel instead of maw.
Final build looks like this:
Wriggle's Lantern
Mercury's Treads
Phantom Dancer
Frozen Mallet
Maw of Malmortius
Atma's Impaler
Swap Wriggles for I.E towards the end. Maybe Guardian Angel instead of maw.
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Look you generally never get items solely for resistances besides lane phase. That's why Thornmail is a stupid item. Tanky items with other effects such as randy's and frozen heart are what are valued. People only bought atma's before the patch because it gave WAY too much AD for its price, allowing the champion to build another tanky item rather than a deepsy item.
Need armor? Get Randy's Frozen heart etc
Need AD? Get a bloodthirster or IE
Need armor? Get Randy's Frozen heart etc
Need AD? Get a bloodthirster or IE
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Item Sequence
The Wit's End proc acts like the Wriggle's Lantern proc in the jungle, except that it isn't random and can this way be calculated. It is also a great item for survival and it procs 2 times on Double Strike. The rest of the build is aimed mostly onto tankyness because Yi has nearly enough base damage, much like Dr. Mundo or Shyvana. You still shouldn't go in first but now you don't instantly die if focused.
BTW: Yay for free Samurai Yi.