Thoughts and opinions on yi?

[quote=Macaco Velho]What about solo top Yi? Has anyone considered it? He has damage, he has sustain, he needs farm.[/quote]

[quote=Mooninites]I'd say his laning is pretty weak, he doesn't really provide anything in particular for a team other than an extra body. I suppose you could say that he is good at pushing, backdooring, and what not, but there are a lot of champions that do that well and have more utility in the game. He's decently strong out of the jungle, especially with his ult and a red buff, can pretty much guarantee a kill if the enemy is overextended. However, without red buff, and if the lane you are ganking doesn't really have strong CC, he pretty much is powerless to stop them from just running away. What makes this even worse is his weak early game damage, so he's pretty much a non-factor without red[/quote]

[quote=mysim20]i like him alright as a jungler, Not as a laner but there are alot better junglers then him too.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy][quote=Mooninites] I'd say his laning is pretty weak, he doesn't really provide anything in particular for a team other than an extra body. I suppose you could say that he is good at pushing, backdooring, and what not, but there are a lot of champions that do that well and have more utility in the game. He's decently strong out of the jungle, especially with his ult and a red buff, can pretty much guarantee a kill if the enemy is overextended. However, without red buff, and if the lane you are ganking doesn't really have strong CC, he pretty much is powerless to stop them from just running away. What makes this even worse is his weak early game damage, so he's pretty much a non-factor without red [/quote] Wrong! Because of his [[wuju style]], [[master yi]] has one of the highest damages at earlygame. He can just destroy anyone if he can catch an enemy. Also, as already said, he can wipe out the enemy jungler if he finds him, because of his high damage. In team fights, [[master yi]] has the highest damage of nearly all champs over time. If he can get multiple hits of his enemy, that enemy is dead. Even if a tanky dps. And because of his high damage, he his very good at counter jungling and ambushes, that most time don't need red buff. Well, if the [[master yi]] player is good at counter jungling, he will have red buff all the time. Video: [embed=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6hG1rYFTE] Later in the game you will have [[trinity force]] or [[frozen mallet]], so catching an enemy is no longer a problem. Okay, but he is a pretty bad laner. He has unreliable harass and his high mana costs make his sustain very meh... If you want to lane, you need [[doran's ring]](even as AD).[/quote]

[quote=Joobieo#41288]9 times out of 10 ( at least in my elo ). Yi during the team fight phase falls off, UNLESS he plays the clean up game. AKA most of the team is low and he comes in and cleans house.[/quote]

[quote=Toshabi]Master skill.[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard][quote=NicknameMy] And because of his high damage, he his very good at counter jungling and ambushes, that most time don't need red buff. Well, if the [[master yi]] player is good at counter jungling, he will have red buff all the time. [/quote] That's terrible reasoning. You can't assume that the other jungler is just going to let you take their buffs freely. Coordinated teams will trap you when you try to invade, and some junglers can outright beat Yi if they catch him early game. [[Nunu]] is particularly dangerous, especially if he has blue buff. There's almost nothing you can do when you're getting repeatedly [[ice blast]]ed.[/quote]

[quote=Zoki][[master yi]] has no problems with damage early game. If there's a weakness in his early game its his squishiness and vulnerability. It depends on counter jungling whether its before or after level 6. With his E and R he can steal bufs in matter of seconds, especially is he has smite(if you're playing jungle).[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]Yeah, there are some junglers that just counter [[master yi]]. But at lvl 6, most enemys are no longer a problem. And before of 6, you need great use of CV and good knowledge about the enemy jungler to counter jungle him effectively. As already said, yi is all about knowing your opponent.[/quote]

[quote=Fox Rage]To deal lots of damage in lane, you need to wait for the 7th hit ( for double strike) and you use [[Alpha Strike]] + [[Wuju Style]] ON the enemy champion, resulting in you bursting lots of damage at level 2. IMO, Yi is an OK champion. He's OK in the jungle, OK in lane, OK early/mid/late game. Not the best, but not the worst champion either[/quote]