Master Yi is getting buffed in League of Legends next patch

Master Yi is receiving buffs to ship with Patch 8.2, according to Riot’s post on the official game forums yesterday.

News of Riot’s plans to buff this champion is a little odd. Firstly, Master Yi is performing well enough. He has a slightly less-than-average win rate of 49 percent, according to League stats site Champion.gg, but his play rate is a high six percent to compensate. He has several options with the new runes, like Press the Attack, Lethal Tempo, Phase Rush, and Fleet Footwork, each of which make him feel stronger than he was prior to the preseason.

He succeeds in very clear scenarios—typically, when the enemy team lacks hard crowd control to lock him down easily. Likewise, he has very clear counters in hard crowd control comps. All in all, that’s a very reasonable place, and his abilities all feel unique and meaningful. He seems to be in a good place. A slight buff, maybe to his base AD or a cool down buff to his W or E, should be plenty to bring that win rate up half a percent or so.

This Buff should be hitting PBE for testing as patch 8.1. And this meaning the Patch 8.2 must be available in a few weeks.