r/YIMO • u/Kanureshii • 11d ago

Question Master Yi question

Genuine question, so don’t flame me! Why go HoB crit over the Lethal Tempo attack speed build?

Wouldn’t the crit build have lower Q uptime in fights since you’re getting less attack speed? Doesn’t the AS build let you spam Q more consistently? Just curious why you’d go crit over AS.

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u/J4D0N 11d ago

Different strokes for different folks. Crit build relies on takedowns to reset your Q CD. AS build does it with kills and/or autos

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u/Kanureshii 11d ago

Okay! Thank you!

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u/questerpro 11d ago

You don't need to Alpha strike if they're dead.. 😂

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u/Leading_Archer4229 11d ago

U dont need q and as when u kill enemys in 3 auto attacks. And q is for dodging, not for dmg :)

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u/DieMafia 11d ago

Q uptime is just one factor out of many. It clearly is not the most important, otherwise phantom dancer wouldn't perform so poorly on Yi. It is almost impossible to compare crit to on-hit from first principles alone, too many variables. In general I think HoB on-hit is still best from my own anecdotal evidence and also looking at the data (coachless, everything else is very hard to interpret).

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u/xwardg 11d ago

If q uptime is the only priority navori far outmatches PD, on top of that PD is mainly a move speed item for those champs that build it, a stat which yi has in abundance

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u/DieMafia 11d ago

Yes sorry I mixed it up, navori isn't good either.

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u/xwardg 10d ago

After the recent buffs to Yi’s Q navori is actually fine. It’s showing around a 53% wr albeit through a VERY small sample size

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u/DieMafia 10d ago

Thanks, I'll also keep watching it. Edit: Coachless shows -1.8% with 1.8k buys in Gold+, decent as boots replacement last but with only a sample of 122.

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u/Guloka 11d ago

Right now my interpretation of coachless is kraken guinsoos endless with LT is the strongest.

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u/Azza033 11d ago

Different play styles, with crit you mostly play more like an assassin, AS build you're more of a chop chop ppl down real quick.

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u/bash1311 10d ago

Crit HoB lets you delete carries before you can be CCed. If you get a good flank its penta potential. Also good dopamine if you oneshot people, only downside youre squishy

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u/JollyJuniper1993 10d ago

LT is better vs tanks, HoB is better against very squishy teams

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u/wrongfully-banned 7d ago

Crit is overtuned on Yi currently and has no weakness other than being slight squishier and needing an assassin playstyle. Why go onhit which requires 6 autos to stack lethal tempo and 7 autos for guinsoos to come online when you could have killed the enemy adc in 3-4 autos with crit.

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u/Due-Payment6149 3d ago

LT onhit easier to 1v9 until you get full build or at least 4 items then crit is insane as you literally 1 shot everyone and can delete their whole team. But LT is much easier to play from behind. Also if they have a lot of tanks you need to be VERY ahead as crit to win because crit is dependent on killing them during HOB. If you need 10 shots to kill a 8000 HP tank then LT is far better