So I’ve always enjoyed playing this character for LoL. However, once you get off noob island, he ceases to be much use because he’s a pure damage hero that gets easily taken down by CC and has no CC of his own. He just belts out a lot of physical damage. Most players jungle Yi, but that’s really not a good choice either since there are many junglers better than Master Yi. He has problems with sustain and he’s a weak ganker because of the lack of CC. I’ve tried jungling with him and its just really hard to successfully gank anyone with Yi. However, I’ve found that most of the time, playing him top is ok with a this build.
For Masteries I go 30-0-0(all offense)
For Runes I have +22% Attack speed and +46 MR at 18. Your usually not against a Mage in top lane so you don’t need the MR early, per-Level MR is the way to go here.
- start with Regrowth(forget about Life Leech, won’t help him that much in laning)
- Upgrade to Philosopher’s stone as soon as you can, this will get you some income, regeneration, and let you Alpha-strike to your heart’s content. Its a great and cheap farming item for Yi and gives him sustain.
- Just play passive, wait for mistakes and Alpha strike your way to good farm.
- Get boots
- Get Zeal and upgrade to Phantom dancer. Some people prefer to get IE after Zeal before completing PD. I prefer the movement bonus from PD more
- Upgrade to Merc Treads(with your runes and Merc treades, this will put you at over 100 MR with no other items)
- B.F. Sword
- Upgrade to Infinity Edge
At this point what to buy next depends on the other team. If they don’t have much armor, I’d go the Warmogs/Atmas and then Bloodthrister route to round out the build. However, if they have armor, I’d go Frozen Mallet and then last whisper before I get Bloodthirster to round out the build. Yi always needs some form of HP boost(like warmogs or frozen) to be effective late-game. But the Philosopher stone should give you good gold and farm up early to allow you to build effectively for later.
So I play LOL and I know many of you do too. I generally only play 1 AD carry hero(I usually don’t play ranged AD) and that hero is Kog’Maw because I find him to be the best at belting out damage going the AD route because then opponents have to prepare for both AD damage and AP. My question is: what is your first big item on Kog’Maw?
I usually start with a Dorans blade and immediately build for Phantom dancer because it helps both his AD damage and magic damage. The +55% AS is amazing for his damage and for AD, he now has 30% crit. I’ve tried other builds first such as cleaver and IE but I have to say PD as the first major item is the best. Usually I do something like this:
Dorans
Zeal
Boots
Finish PD
Finish Merc treads
IE
Frozen Mallet
Wits end
Sell Doran’s, get a Bloodthirster.
What about you?
Games for today:
1. Awesome Planes — A fun game of shooting and blowing stuff up with planes
2. Hell Cops ND — A cool game of crushing stuff with your car.