Talk:Master Yi/@comment-70.181.249.81-20130114011927/@comment-4834593-20130114165141

^Yi has been unviable for as long as people knew that one stun was enough to kill him. Now, with AP Yi, which hasn't been well-known for a long time, he is finally viable. AD Yi players will have to face it. Yi is no longer an AD carry, he is a mage. AP carry would fit better, as he's one of those mages who can actually carry.

Also, Yi has AD scaling, but reverted. He gains a longtime 80% attack speed, 40% movement speed and 70 attack damage boots. Compare to Fiora: 3 seconds 120% attack speed and 45% movement speed, IF she hits something. Or Trynda: 25-60 attack damage and 35% crit chance. The reason Yi has no AD scalings, is because he has the biggest steroids in the game.

You talk about how he's weak, right? Not having AD scaling is not the cause. The cause is, that melee carries are broken. You cannot balance them in a reasonable way. As long as a melee carry dies with one stun, he's unviable. Exception: If he kills his enemies before they can stun him, which means 1v5 pentakills in ~3 seconds, which isn't really balanced either. Riot will have to choose. Either rework melee carries into mages (like what is now happening with Yi), or rework them to bruisers (which would work well for Trynda). For Fiora I'm not sure. Maybe something like reworking to on-hit might work for her.