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[Top, Jung] In Me, Wuju Lives On [7.24b] {In Progress}

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Choose Champion Build:

Current 7.24b Crit Build
Top Burst

Runes:

Domination

Dark Harvest

Sudden Impact

Eyeball Collection

Relentless Hunter

Sorcery

The Ultimate Hat

Celerity

Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Spawn

Boots

Vision

Rush In Order

First Zeal Iteam

Second Zeal Item

Defensive Item

Final Item (Sell Jungle Item)

My Preferred Full Build

Ability Order

Master Yi Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Rengar

Extreme

Rengar, if running electrocute, currently has a high burst. Too high for Yi to handle, if you miss-time your Alpha Strike, you will get one shot. Extremely hard matchup to win.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

>> Table of Contents <<

Introduction

Introduction
Pros / Cons
18 Reasons Why Yi Isn't Broken

Pre Game

Runes
Summoner Spells

Champion Info

Abilities
Skill Sequence
Items

Gameplay

Early Game
Mid Game
Late Game

Introduction

Hi everyone, I'm Timms, and this is my guide. I worked hard to make this guide the best I could, and I would appreciate any and all feedback that you guys may provide. I started maining mid season 7, after being taught by a high elo coach, whom I will not name. Since the pre-season began, I have been playing numerous hours to attempt to find the most consistant & strongest build, which I will still continously update this guide with as long as I play . is a fantastic champion to play, to bring rage to your enemies and cause them to tilt, just by having successful ganks.

Without further ado, I present to you, my dear readers, my guide. I put a fair amount of effort into this guide, so I do implore you to reconsider any downvotes pending the actual trial and testing of my guide that I imagine you are planning to do. And above all, thank you for taking the time to read this.

Pros

+ High AOE damage with thanks to
+ Very difficult to catch and chase due to having highest base movement speed in the game, tied with , as well as mobility with
+ One of the few champions who deals true damage consistently
+ Untargetable with can make difficult to focus down
+ Resets make him dangerous if a person dies in a team fight.
+ Red smite is really strong on him
+ Can be a bit harder to itemize due to his true damage
+ One of the best champions in the game for cleaning up

Cons

- Weak to targeted crowd control.
- If abilities used incorrectly, can be left vulnerable
- Really difficult to play at high levels.
- Has no built in cc
- Needs something to if gets caught out to escape
- Naturally Squishy
- Will always be focused down.
- You may be flamed by enemy team for playing a "Non skill champion"

18 Reasons Why Yi Isn't Broken

1)He is a squishy ***sassin that can easily be focus and burst down

2) provides 0 utility for his team

3)He has a 50% or lower WR in all elos and a 44% WR in diamond(all roles)(at the time of writing this)

4) is extremely vulnerable to cc

5)Can easily be itemized against-, , and

6)He's not the best at ganking because he has 0 cc and pretty much immobile pre 6 so the enemy jungler can easily outgank him

7)He has no disengages

8), , , , , counters and / has one of the highest WRs in the game right now (at the time of writing this)

9)He is extremely predictable with his simple kit

10)There are 0 Challenger Mains in KR, EUW and NA

11)(Especially when everyone can get one at 6 mins), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wastes the duration of his ult and prevents him from getting resets

12)He sucks in competitive play and has rarely been used in the LCS

13)He's gold reliant where as his jungle counterpart with cc that is behind will be useful throughout the whole game in teamfights

14), , , ' fear makes run away in the speed of light if he has activated

15)Jumping/Flashing/Dashing into your team when alpha's you puts him in the middle of your team to get destroyed

16)'s sustained damage got nerfed when they removed the old runes(bonus ad)/fervor of battle(bonus ad) and replaced it with base ad buffs/press the attack which does not benefit 's wuju style that scales from bonus ad

17)Jungle 's winrate has fell consistently and never rose from 50.05%(patch 7.11) to 47.32%(patch 7.24) where as the average winrate for jungle champions is 50%

18) mains makes wise use of their champion's kit by dodging turret shots/projectiles/cc with alpha strike that requires good timing and reducing damage received or getting an auto attack reset with meditate

Overall is a fastpaced and delicate champion with an outdated kit where as making one mistake would get you killed instantly. Also he has been consistently ignored and neglected by Riot in every Q&A and patch when asked about possible buffs in the future.

Runes

Major Tree - Domination

DARK HARVEST

Dark Harvest is an extremely strong choice, especially on Crit Yi. Due to the recent changes to Press The Attack & Lethal Tempo, Dark Harvest out-damages both. It allows you to multi-kill with ease as after killing an enemy, the soul given will allow extra damage to be put off depending on the amount of souls that you have collected, this does however mean that you must farm early game until you have collected around 50-60 souls before your ganks are actually any good. Once you hit 300 stacks, which can be done quickly if you're ganking SUCCESSFULLY often.

SUDDEN IMPACT

Sudden Impact is a no brainer. It gives you a boost of lethality after using Alpha Strike, which means as you initiate into the fight, you can burst down essentially any champion with ease. Paired with Dark Harvest & Crit, you will infuriate your enemies.

EYEBALL COLLECTION

This is a controversial one. A lot of people will choose Zombie ward over Eyeball Collection, however for the added damage that the eyeball collection gives & how easy it is to collect eyeballs, I just see it as an obvious pick. For this to be efficient, you will need to scout for wards OR kill often.

RELENTLESS HUNTER

You could go for ravenous hunter as the lifesteal from it, is great for your alpha strike in fights. However, I prefer Relentless Hunter due to chasing & ganking being made easier.

Minor Tree - Sorcery

THE ULTIMATE HAT

Allows Highlander to be up quicker, helping with chasing and teamfights. No Brainer Really.

CELERITY

Movement speed gained from PD, SS, Relentless Hunter & boots adds onto your damage. Once Again, No Brainer.

Summoner Spells

: Is a great Get Out of Jail Free card.

: Smite That Drake.

: Alternative to Flash.

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Choose Champion Build:

Recommended Items

Runes:

Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Ability Order

Double Strike (PASSIVE)

Alpha Strike (Q)

Meditate (W)

Wuju Style (E)

Highlander (R)

Threats & Synergies

Rengar

Kha'Zix

Rammus

Xin Zhao

Evelynn

Runes:

Spells:

Flash

Teleport

Items

Ability Order

Double Strike (PASSIVE)

Alpha Strike (Q)

Meditate (W)

Wuju Style (E)

Highlander (R)

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