After looking into it, I have to say you're right... I thought core items meant they were items you'd always pick in any situation. I've changed it, thanks for the heads-up!

I didn't throw that in because I'm already CDR maxed with the core items, I see Morellonomicon more fit because of the mana regen.

I've changed some things, made the guide a bit more clear and I hope you guys will revise your -1 votes!

Wait, what? They are in the optional items, meaning pick whichever you prefer. I'm sorry for not making that clear

Your core items are not actually core.

Yeah indeed. I'm missing the Iceborn Gauntlet in there as well.

Wait, Lich Bane and Trinity Force in the same build? Instant -1.

So nice of you to reply ;-)

You're probably right about the CDR but I don't get mana starved easily. The reason I think it's good to have max CDR EARLY is because you'll still be in the farming phase and it really helps to have that harass and farm tool ready!
Also in my opinion you'll have enough AP to be doing the damage that needs to be dealt after finishing the core. You can go on with rabadon's after if you'd like, you won't even be in late-game by then.

I will make the icons look like that, didn't know you could do it that way ^^

Thanks for the info!

Hello. I do appreciate the references to my guide haha :P. If you'd like my opinion on pretty much all the AP items you can get on AP Yi, you should check out my ''other items'' chapter in my guide.

CDR is a nice stat to have on Master Yi, but it is by far less useful than AP or Magic Penetration since you can already reset your cooldowns to zero with your ultimate. What you want to do is to focus on AP as much as possible because AP will make you able to kill enemies, which reduces your cooldowns, and AP will also make your heal more powerful, making your survivability higher as well.

You are after all an AP carry, you want to have high burst. If you have 40% CDR and 200 Armor and 100 Magic resist, it's cool! But your 300 damage Alpha strike isn't going to help your team much :T.

Also, the Cooldown Reduction you'll get will make you mana starved unless you get Blue Buff. And in that case, the CDR you get from Blue buff will be completely wasted because you will already have 40% :/.

Trinity Force really should never be an option for AP Yi. The passive doesn't stack with Lich Bane and some of the stats it gives are pretty much useless on AP Yi (crit chance? wat). It also costs 4000 gold...

About the guide's look: You can make small images that fit well in the text without making it look like this . Having such big images in the middle of your text really makes it weird to read because there's a big jump between the lines. Usually what's best is just to use double brackets like this: [[alpha strike]]. This code will make something like this : Alpha Strike. You can do it for everything in the game.

Have fun with AP Yi :D.

As said in the guide: Max your CDR for early lane harassment/teamfight potential

Why rush morello?

Hopefully within the near future less and less people will be calling the great AP Yi players trolls.