Master Yi with Melee Runaan (cancelled idea)

[@Piromysl359]

If you really think it should not be allowed, then you should know, that back in the day Riot actually allowed Akali to be hidden from turrets and even released it on live servers.

[@dragonitelul3747]

I remember that akali, but i remember checking her winrate that time and it was always on the negatives (45-47%) even though its an op concept.

[@dynhoyw]

@@dragonitelul3747 may be because not everyone knew how to make the champion work

[@andyhoberer5861]

this build is surely more problematic than the invis

[@stormworgen128]

And pantheon E could tank tower shoot...

[@Generalizedfeelings]

And irelia could do bonus damage to shields

[@Vandiril]

Runaan bolts stack Master Yi passive and his Q. This creates something truly surreal. I didn't play well, I'm bad at Yi and playing him with this ping is awful. The cooldown on his Q in teamfights is better than in URF. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but this might be the craziest thing I've seen since the legendary AP Galio buff.

[@TeraByte2733]

Riot fully gone insane with this one

[@bimairal1767]

Nah, the Yi Let wity hail of Blades and drakthar was so far and unfair

[@bimairal1767]

With* (auto)

[@Pestigirioso]

One question, does Tahm Kench passive apply to extra targets?

[@kimberlymoriarity]

​@@PestigiriosoBraum's does, so I'm sure Kench's does too

[@brianvinas8375]

Its like how runaan's used to work with Caitlyns passive

[@SleepyFen]

I loved those days. I thought it was fun and intuitive, just like it works with Jinx rockets too.

[@kingludi6800]

Lets not forget kennen passive

[@saxistaja2]

@@kingludi6800 Kennen passive does work

[@alexunder7711]

​@@saxistaja2 it's actually does with kennen and even with tf too

[@TurkeyMeat]

They have slowly removed everything cool about cait. Runaans interaction, headshot auto cancels on single target, headshot auto cancels on different targets, and now titantic double headshot. Really sad as a cait main.

[@lordjeebusiii408]

Kinda surprised vandiril believes any thought is put into balance changes

[@Vandiril]

Too high on COPIUM

[@Jason-ry1gd]

Riot purposely puts bugs into the game for vandiril to find. Its like a hide and seek game for them

[@Ceisri]

games need to be fun, not balanced...if you want balance go play chess

[@blazeoff3862]

They need to do champ balance every day, it seems like they dont have private server for beta testing at all, what even is PBE

[@DrWho1596]

@@Jason-ry1gdit’s not even a bug riot straight up forgot this was a thing

[@daiha2884]

FREE URF ? THANK YOU RITO

[@EskayRogue]

Well not free, Urf costs 3200g

[@thekilla1234]

Someone at Riot looked at League of Legends in its current state and decided making Runaan's purchasable on melees was top priority.

[@playthegame1672]

thats the funniest but also saddest comment ive ever read

[@silverwing5254]

And Phreak ok'ed this decision in less time than it takes to "type Karthus Ult"

[@obleach..]

rioter be like: why not 💀

[@rekeption7203]

if you get hydra, we get runaans😂

[@Andres5045]

Probably there are people who doesn,t know anything about lol working in riot

[@sikionhu1]

Finally , Riot do a lore accurate Yi

[@Ahi__]

ah yes, yi is now truly a 1 button champion

[@paulomoreira5963]

Actually 2 🤓☝️ how would you attack?

[@SleepyFen]

​@@paulomoreira5963Alpha Strike queues up an auto attack on your target

[@Dyanosis]

@@SleepyFen Don't forget that you have to press his ult. So it really is 2 buttons.

[@StraToKxe]

It's the real wuju power in the lore

[@LaplacianDalembertian]

Riot: _Comon guys, it is a champion for newbs, let them have fun_. Meanwhile, Yi winrate in challenger is 65%. Literally LP printer.

[@yolosilvia2005]

Riot: we listened to the feeback, so now Yi's Q will have a 1 hour long cooldown the moment he purchases Runaan

[@sekira4516]

well that would certainly help

[@myrkgard2034]

More like: "Well, it seems like Runaans is a little powerful, so we will be reducing it to only one additional bolt for all champions, as well as removing attack speed for ranged champions"

[@ChoB1den]

I dont think it will be nearly as broken as people think. Those are handpicked clips, were he was either very fed or things worked out perfectly. Runaans in general has shit stats and to get the most out of the passive u need to play vs alot of mele champs. I can see it being build on yi situationally vs alot of meles as a late game item.

[@theanimer1]

​@@ChoB1denwhile I agree with what you are saying. Yi isn't a special case. Unlike say...braum or katarina or such. Yi builds adc items. So he will easily pick this up. Doesn't matter how bad you are. People even in iron know how to press q. Let alone rapid fire it

[@ChoB1den]

@@theanimer1 thats why i said, that it could be build situationally on yi if he is faceing alot of meles as like a late game item. I think other items are just straight up better on him in other szenarios. Remember if ur faceing alot of ranged champs u will proc the bolts way less frequently, since they tend to be way less clumped up and items like kraken, rageblade, titanic are just to good to pass up on, while wits end or bork have way more situational usecases then runaans. On other mele champs then yi, the item will be just straight up trash. Have been talkin to some dumb as panth mains, that think its gonna change their champ or something 🤣. As if he wants any of the stats that the item gives.

[@Teknospacepotato]

i was trying so hard to spot what was wrong, just seemed like yi to me

[@anonymousviewer246]

seriously lmfao, i havent played league in like 6 years, but this seems absolutely normal 6 item yi. honestly having 6 items equipped to show how broken a single item is beyond stupid.

[@blizzyblazr]

inexperienced yi player on 200 ping in these clips

[@DondlFondl]

​@@anonymousviewer246Except the last clip is a 2 item Yi at lvl 11

[@LawsofPaul]

Runaans barely did anything in the clips he showed. When you get a kill he reset already, which happened in like 3 autos regardless. It is probably broken when you are fighting in a wave and it takes you a while to kill though.

[@JavierPonce01]

When the "entry of gladiators" starts playing I know this gonna be a certified 200 years moment

[@ururubizzareman]

Welcome to the League of Legends. Everything is possible here, even Runaan for melee fighters.

[@KoloburTasemi]

Or titanic hydra on adcs.

[@ReikerForge]

@@KoloburTasemi We've had like five seasons now of Riot going back on hydras being melee only, it's about time they break the game for melee champs with runaans as well

[@R3alSt3al]

@Forge ADC's used hydra and? IT didn't completely broken the game. The only 3 ADC which comes to mind and benefited from hydra is Ezreal, Twitch, Zeri, the others were pretty bad compared to this 3. The part which allowed you to prob the AOE dmg on spells which made it op. Zed benefitted more than any ADC from hydra. But this is completely game breaking. Yi reduces Q cooldown from auto and the fact that his Q procs Runan should't be allowed. That part it the main problem. Like we didn't have enough URF champs in normal, now we get Yi with a free dodge ability every 2 sec.

[@KoloburTasemi]

@@R3alSt3al its still the only item with decent ad , tons of hp, an auto reset active and additional on hit effect + the aoe element. There is literally nothing that compares to titanic except maybe stridebreaker.

[@ururubizzareman]

@@R3alSt3al You speak the language of facts

[@Foxkhine]

After almost a decade, AP Yi is back.

[@LycanLucian]

YES! Finally someone remembers! This whole comment section going crazy for something I was doing DAILY 12 years ago!

[@Bob_of_Europa]

Season 3 was fun times as Yi then everything changed when the AD scaling attacked

[@yaroslav6150]

@@LycanLucian old rageblade days...ill never forget, especially on jax lmao

[@cristianmontoya3149]

Do we remember why Runnans was change in S7? Because Caitlins Passive would charge with like 2 attacks

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

It wasn't as bad as this tho XD

[@strongerthanever2039]

Hey riot, wasn't there a reason for why you made runaan's not work on mele?

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

You mean since season 1? Lol

[@McKadesArKade]

the item wasnt even in season 1 fam@@Kyle-nm1kh

[@agahtheundead6094]

Lore accurate master yi

[@mranderson2048]

Yi accurate Master Lore

[@Lizard1582]

Master accurate Lore Yi

[@menacingbread7909]

Lore master accurate Yi

[@HyrotoXaque]

accurate yi master lore

[@rosia7598]

master yi lore accurate

[@jargon9173]

Not that I'll ever see this in a game since i've permabanned Yi since 2016

[@Villos16]

Big respect to that brother

[@Dexuz]

But... Why

[@ПавелПущаев-л8ю]

broken in low Ello @@Dexuz

[@TwujStary69420]

You wanna duo? I permaban yone since his release, we're gonna be unstoppable

[@ViktorLoR_Mainu]

People dont play peel champs in lower elos ​@@Dexuz

[@odukomaster5473]

This was my first thought when I saw this. At first I was like: "Cool, melee champs can combine this with tiamat!" Then I realized Yi's Q cd reduction is an on-hit effect.

[@QuesitoMax]

-Mom I want urf! +We have urf at home. Urf at home:

[@joexplainz2708]

yeah but in this case it's like asking for mcdonalds and getting a 3 star michelin chef preparing a 4 course meal in your home.

[@bartos8927]

i love how 80% of vandiril videos are just filled with "you can cast that right now" sound effect on 120% xD

[@isolation6174]

what matter is not alpha strike but double strike every proc means more raw dps

[@Teknospacepotato]

i see what you mean but the alpha strike most definitely still broken by itself

[@zippinga68games]

Would you rather more raw dps? Or that raw dps part of the time but invinsible most of the time

[@pinnacleexpress420]

1:43 I KNEW MY BOY VANDIRIL WOULD CRACK THE CODE

[@metanol6151]

I wonder what it can do with ad kat building it to apply multiple on hit effects in the same target with her R

[@xristoskoumpourlis1614]

dear god

[@jugramhaschwalth390]

I hope no one sees this

[@falinestixiaolong9691]

Her R has no interaction with the item, it works on auto attacks only.

[@metanol6151]

@@falinestixiaolong9691 her R apply on attack effects, she proc it, but only her R, it's like she does 15 basic atks in 2,5s

[@metanol6151]

Also I tested it on pbe already, and it's kinda strong, only her R was doing 10k+ dmg, full crit kat will be viable now because runaan crits too, and the problem of crit kat is that her R doesn't crit

[@mastergrim7962]

I found something interesting about the TP (summoner spell), when you use all the projectiles from the towers that are aimed at you, they will disappear

[@pxrzival69]

Does it work with Taric? That would be ugly...

[@putin2012]

it works, but you will go OoM very fast, so you need to have a huge manapool.

[@elibrooks8]

So, if you get this on Kat, who's ult applies on hit effects, would that make her ult even better at just deleting people? Does this bring ad on hit kat back?

[@randomnamefornow]

pretty sure runaan bolts are on-attack so kat ult won't proc them.. but who knows with riot

[@riven4121]

@@randomnamefornow Death Lotus is an on attack ability. It applies both on hit and on attack.

[@randomnamefornow]

damn that's cursed af@@riven4121

[@jonas5205]

Isn't that just Master Yi being Master Yi?

[@Kirua_0]

Hello Vandiril, can u please share Rek'Sai's Q auto attack animation please so that little indie company will fix it more quickly and shame theirself? Am i wrong or isnt PBE meant to be change the differences and apply/hot fixes before they released her current situation and they broked her... You can't literially hit target and kite because animation is bugging and auto attacks are not applying. The main problem is not extra AS on Q because when Rek'Sai played with extra AS (like Hail of Blades) you can kite before there was absolutely no problem but now if you hit and move you literially hit nothing and animation is keeps going.

[@turbov7560]

"it's not the items, it's the player" "it's not the sword, it's who holds it"

[@alexithymia6288]

Melee in all roles until this is rolled back, if it ever is. Does this instantly stack Yasuo/Yone Q as well? Would assume so based on this clip.

[@Lightmagician60]

every Auto is Double Strike. as the Arrows count to his Passive count to 3 his Passive Procs "On-Attack" things so, The Arrows fire twice. meaning each Auto Reduces his Q by 6 seconds. it's CD is 18 Seconds so her gets it back in 3 autos

[@boomynote]

Wait until you find out Yi is going to be building Ability Haste to make it 2 AA’s

[@lightdragoon88]

What other dumb melee can abuse this? Would the bolts proc Darius passive to spread his bleed? Braum passive?

[@nikosperr1]

but you can buy it only for ranged champs how did you get it ?

[@Lilp2020]

Another year and a new season for riot to find a new item that breaks Yi.

[@hollowryder2732]

Does a 6 item yi actually look any different with current items?

[@darkiller76521]

Every time I see Yi videos like these, I can see Riot having PTSD flashbacks of the AP Yi days

[@12171010011010]

Remember when you could achieve this level of cooldown with Sated Devourer and it was kept in the game for months? Riot might not think this is an issue.

[@AetherialYoutube]

Nevermind, when I said he would dominate silver in the last video, I meant the game, yeeeeesh

[@nobodycares1881]

Hey look its lore accurate wuju Master Yi

[@fabianfruhauf5441]

does runaans work with navoris cooldown refund ?

[@raygen103]

Wait, since when runaan is purchasable by melee champs?😮 I haven't been playing a lot lately so i might have missed that

[@filmfactsxpress]

how come hurricane works on melee champs i thought it was only ranged

[@BlueToadPerson]

I dont know how true it is, but i swear i've been hit by an invisible smolder w when hes out of vision for me, It might have been when hes just left vision but i swear i have been hit by one thats invisible.

[@michaeleconomou4231]

What happens with Guinsoos aswell? Would that make him triple auto sometimes?

[@endbosseleven8907]

Cyberpunk 2077: I'm broken beyond fixing Riot: Hold my RP

[@HeartsteelGaming]

Its three 3 autos for reset with runaans and three autos for reset with navori + runaans, so you dont really need navori for q reset

[@derekrose3926]

Just goes to show that Riot doesn't think about balance changes, nor test them. Some intern just thinks of something and they put it in PBE and check Vandiril every couple of weeks to see what they need to fix.

[@brianleocastillo]

Holy shit wtf? I'm trying this rn

[@emilemil1]

They'll probably change Yi cdr on hit to be on attack instead, solving the problem.

[@marixsunnyotp3142]

The problem is that the code is spaghetti and riot employees are yoo lazy to change all the interactions.

[@alstoncheung8991]

So they added arena yi into normal summoners rift (basically if you had mystic punch augment in arena you could always use your q)

[@coleman4178]

Can you test Tryndamere E as well?

[@toffi3236]

This won't go live.. RIGHT?

[@gcafif]

Reminds me of good old classic ap Yi, you will never be forgotten my long lost pal.

[@nielapoli4781]

Vandril. Did you try it on taric?

[@Chibitizer]

I still remember the days when Master Yi's Q and W hard-scaled off of AP instead of AD, and when his R did full resets upon kill/assists.

[@iLuigiXD]

Ngl the main problem that i noticed about Yi was not about the Q reset but the passive stacking while surrounded.

[@solomedic705]

There was a reason why runaan was ranged restricted just like hydras were melee restricted..

[@151alonso]

Yi: I have brought Urf, to my Q... permanently.

[@FloridoBC]

Does it work with Tahm's passive?

[@alsomana1546]

There is no way they will allow Braum and Yi to enter the live server in this state. Right? Right?

[@KensBlade]

how would it work on yone and yasuo? and even jax O.o

[@hannibalshaco2291]

ever since ranged champs were allowed to use tiamat items ive been patiently waiting for the day melee champs can use hurricane

[@TheMax2KO]

Would the runaans bolts apply nasus q?

[@Akihito_Kanbara]

I dont remember what item caused it, but back in the day, like wayyyyy back in the day, he had Q up 100% of the time because of a similar effect. Riot doing a full 180.

[@Uthael_Kileanea]

"Being good at playing a certain character in a video game is valuable, but I think I'll take the 200+ collective years of professional game design experience." ~Nathan Lutz, Riot

[@fenrisulvenfang]

Vandiril, you forgot Guinsoo's on top of that to double proc on hit for even more cdr and attack speed stacking.

[@jacobwolf9012]

2023: Fight Yi in a wave! - Why? - So his Q does less dmg 2024: Dont fight Yi in a wave! - Why? - Watch this...

[@Foatizenknechtl]

but how? i thought runaans is blocked for melee champs?

[@silverwing5254]

Not anymore..

[@Zaudejis]

PBE is not a great area to make assumptions from the lack of proper matchmaking. Everything is OP to bad players.

[@tactrix1h]

He's only 1 of the champions melee Runaan broke, the others are just as broken. However this video truly showcases why I have always known him and remain calling him Master Q.

[@BraggerBC]

This also works on Senna and her Q. You can get it back up pretty quick as long as you have stuff to auto

[@putin2012]

This worked like this since ... Senna's release? And no one bothered. Also more important than Q reset is that you can apply her passive with bolts: 2 shots = 3 souls. You can have like 20-30% more stacks lategame by rushing Runaan's.

[@BraggerBC]

I didn’t even think about that. You could pull a lot of souls in a team fight and I guess it’s always been like this but I’ve only seen myself take the item.

[@putin2012]

@@BraggerBC It's good even as 1st item rush, because in lane you often don't have enough of AS and range to proc your passive on ADC and support one after another. But with Runaan's you can stack those simultaneously and get free stats earlier. Also Runaan's is a Zeal item, so you get +5% MS which is a very good stat for Senna.

[@moneyman90s]

i watched a full 1 minute, looked at the mana bar and had the biggest "holy shit"

[@kaibacorp13]

Who ever was the yi player in this clip, he/she was terrible yi player like first time or new player?

[@pjemonto4219]

Can we decrease his true damage on E so Rammus will counter him once again?

[@cosmickitteh]

I wonder if the same happens with Shyvana and her Q

[@ElJunito34]

I was like ayo, that's normal, that's URF... and I saw the 15cdr

[@rinki9025]

I think that is perfectly balanced.

[@LegioXXI]

It will be live. We all know that PBE is now more like a "preview" than actual testing with addressing feedback.

[@Wildcat12]

It's almost like Runaan's not being purchasable by melees was made a thing for a reason.

[@zhongyichen9967]

Alpha strike now has an evolved form: alpha hurricane

[@krampus3973]

like he said, he didnt manage to fully display the full madness of these changes, so we can all just imagine what a skilled yi player in peak conditions could do with this

[@grato_g5525]

“Come on come on hit me hit me.”

[@akuji979]

aint runaan locked cuz its ranged champs only?

[@pyke_20]

i just saw that on another video on the channel named cleanse ..... this patch is terrifying

[@PyaraKaMalika]

I can see lane Yi being very strong with it, jungle is a bit more complicated as it depends on enemy team comp if you can get the bolts running or not

[@kytsurioqueenston7342]

Do someone knows why rito wants to allow runnaan on melees in the first place ?

[@kingludi6800]

I think its fine, just like how Hydras (sort of) works for rangeds still. Just an extra option to consider The issue more in lies in which passives should be allowed to interact with it, and which should not. Mr. Yi interactions, clearly toxic, but others could be fun, and adds another layer to and/or playstyle niche for x champion

[@genzllogronio4450]

isnt hurricane just for ranged?

[@ViktorLoR_Mainu]

So basically, this item gives Master Yi a permanent Lucian passive, that also deals damage to nesrby enemies. Wow.

[@RuneKatashima]

0:22 In case you're wondering what to do better, just need to reactivate E. It wore off. A smite damage could help too, preferably red but blue should be fine too.

[@RvngeDaDawgs]

It's an easy fix, just make his q and passive effect trigger once per auto. His double strike would be unaffected since it's counted as a second auto

[@crustier347]

Wasnt runaan only gor ranged champs?

[@fouadd857]

THIS CHANGE NEEDS TO BE REVERTED BEFORE IT HITS LIVE, WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[@xddDracian]

Lore accurate Yi sends shivers down my spine.

[@minorantagonist7090]

There's a saying that if you encounter a fence and don't know why it was put up and it seems silly to you, you should first try to find out why it was put up in the first place instead of just taking it down. IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT like somebody in Riot doesn't know that, considering the lethality change and now this

[@thorefranck8791]

hurricane isnt just for range ?

[@serdeneren1108]

The circus music playing behind the video is very compatible with this innovation in the game :) Clown rito

[@george5387]

I'm pretty sure that the riot balancing team is using the circus music theme while smoking weed whenever they make changes like this

[@Namieee]

Finally, Yasuo with Runaan will have 3 tornadoes on his Q

[@moisesaguirre8413]

Yi is a one man army now, lore accurate.

[@williambrinkmeier1772]

Also should of added rageblade at the end to show the interaction if you time it right cause of the bolts delay you can full reset Q after 1 auto also rageblade makes every auto triple strike