The Wuju Bladesman is set to have a complete rework, from the visuals to his kit, in an upcoming patch.
From a recent post in the official forum, Riot Morello revealed a remade Master Yi, slated to be released in a coming patch. This rework comprises of a completely new model and animations, as well an expanded voice over. It also adds some tweaks and changes to his current abilities, which will affect upon his AP and AD builds.
One of the first League of Legends champions, Morello stated that back then there was less established artistic identity, and thus now needed a more streamlined look. As for his abilities, he explained that the two common playstyles, AD Assassin and AP Burst, don't have to be mutually exclusive and can have a more unified approach.
From Morello:
"We had three basic goals with the Master Yi updates:
1. Polish up Master Yi's art and aesthetics so they hit the same level of polish as new champions
2. Merge the most enjoyable aspects of AP and AD Yi into a single cohesive playstyle
3. Place more emphasis on mastering Yi's abilities so he's less frustrating in lower level play and scales better with player skill"
With these in mind, it is very exciting how the updates on this sword-wielding Wuju master would fare in the Fields of Justice.
Xypherous expanded on his new abilities:
Passive - Double strike
- Every 4th attack, Master Yi's next attack will strike twice for 100% damage and 50% on the second hit - but he must use this additional double strike within the next couple of seconds
Q - Alpha Strike
- Alpha Strike now scales of total Attack Damage
- Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Alpha Strike
- Critical Strike ''will add mini-crits to the skill based on your Critical Strike chance and damage''
- Alpha Strike will have fixed travel time between bounces
- NO MORE AP RATIO
- Now counts as movement for Statikk Shiv
- Alpha Strike's bounce range is 600.
- Added the UI secondary radius indicator on Alpha Strike.
- Alpha Strike will now prioritize the closest target that has not already been hit by Alpha Strike.
W - Meditate
- No more flat armor/mr
- Now gives % Damage reduction
- Now a % missing health heal (the lower health you are, the more effective it becomes)
E - Wuju Style
- Passive is now a % boost in Attack Damage
- Active now deals On-hit True Damage based on a total AD ratio (!!)
R - Highlander
- Now passively resets all skill cooldowns except self on kill/assist
- Active is now speed buff that extends its duration on kill/assist
Source: Riot Forum Post
