Talk:Master Yi/@comment-5266525-20130619132336/@comment-3974211-20130620023257

They only thing mechanically new about his "rework" is that the chance to deal bonus damage is now based on his critical strike chance. But and  can already critically strike, so skill-crits aren't unheard of. All it took was good design I guess.

In all likelihood, the VU was probably being done regardless of the rework - since visual upgrades are known to take months. When Xypherous started working on Yi, he confined himself to Master Yi's existing visuals so has not to conflict with the VU (an Alpha Strike, a meditation, an empowered sword, etc).