Master Yi/Trivia

General

 * Master Yi dances faster the more total movement speed he has.
 * Master Yi's goggles and his sword can both be seen in the game's Mac Version trailer.
 * Master Yi and are the champions with the highest base movement speed in-game (355).
 * Master Yi's current dance references the "Running Man" dance, while his prior dance before his visual update was a reference to the dance segment in Napoleon Dynamite (also shared with ).
 * A side-by-side comparison can be seen here, which references the version done by from.
 * The more movement speed he has, the faster he dances.
 * Yì 易 means "change" & "easy(-ness)" in Chinese, from two different roots: *laay > Old Chinese *lek "to exchange" ; & *lway > Old Chinese *lekh "easy"
 * Due to Japanese folk etymology of loaned Chinese compound verb 卜易 "to divine change", 易 also means "divination" in Japanese.
 * Also a pun on mastery.
 * Master Yi's title in the Chinese localization also dubs him as a "Sword Saint", a title given to most master swordmen in history such as Miyamoto Musashi.
 * was named after two Riot Games Inc. employees (Andy Woo and Jeff Jew).
 * In the Chinese localization, it is instead named as "Wuji" (無極, lit. Extremeless/Apolar/Infinite). Wuji is also represented by an empty circle atop the Taijitu (太極圖 lit. Great Poles' Chart), which includes the well-known Yin and Yang . His ability in Chinese is also dubbed as "Wuji Jiandao" (無極劍道, lit. Extremeless Sword Path), "jiandao" is also the pinyin reading of Japanese kendou.
 * was named after as well as references, with its cooldown reset mechanic possibly referencing the "quickening" effect.

Quotes

 * He shares quotes with:
 * and poke fun at how such a ridiculously complex device doesn't have any special use for him whatsoever.
 * references.
 * One of his jokes via the Brazilian localization references.
 * and poke fun at how such a ridiculously complex device doesn't have any special use for him whatsoever.
 * references.
 * One of his jokes via the Brazilian localization references.


 * is the counterpart to his regular goggles jokes (how many blades can protrude from his sword for every time he uses )
 * references his own goggles jokes.
 * He is the third champion to interact with himself (the others being and ).
 * He is the third champion to interact with himself (the others being and ).

Skins

 * He resembles from.
 * His sword is modeled after a ringed-.
 * He has three different running animations.
 * A strange occurrence between all his skins is that whenever Yi basic attacks a target at the start of a match, he will repeat his outward slashing animation twice for the first two basic attacks.
 * A strange occurrence between all his skins is that whenever Yi basic attacks a target at the start of a match, he will repeat his outward slashing animation twice for the first two basic attacks.


 * He,, and are the only skins priced at , making them the cheapest ones in-game.
 * The prior version of this skin before his visual upgrade was a mere black-and-white re-coloring of his original skin.
 * The prior version of this skin before his visual upgrade was a mere black-and-white re-coloring of his original skin.


 * He references the from.
 * states change his lightsaber's color:
 * On cooldown/not-learned: blue.
 * Off cooldown: green.
 * Active: red.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * Both of them went of sale on 4-May-2015 and were 54% off (May the fourth be with you).
 * Both of them went of sale on 4-May-2015 and were 54% off (May the fourth be with you).
 * Both of them went of sale on 4-May-2015 and were 54% off (May the fourth be with you).


 * His outfit resembles (might be indicating this is him as a member of the Ionian guard).
 * The Ionian crest can be seen on his robes' tail.
 * The Ionian crest can be seen on his robes' tail.


 * He references.
 * He references.


 * He references the from.
 * His helmet and his goggles resemble from.
 * The original version of this skin prior to his visual upgrade had notable oddities, such as his blade being held the opposite way, and closer inspection of his animation showed Yi leaving afterimages of one of his auto-attack animations (shown as rapidly performing his auto-attack animations at fast speed instead with a 3D model viewer). These issues were fixed for the visual-updated version.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * He shares this theme with:


 * He is from an alternate timeline in which he was cybernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative.
 * His gear includes:
 * (Splits into a dual-blade with no actual animation changes to his basic attacks when his is activated.)
 * He describes himself as "... my name... is ProfileIcon0910 PROJECT Yi.png Yi."
 * If one tells they fight for 'harmony' she'll say the following: "A perfect anomaly."
 * Both he and are the only two PROJECT skins to have extra altered animations from the rest of the others in the skin line, and several new quotes (the others mainly recycle their original quotes in a robotic filter).
 * PROJECT: Yi is also unique for having two different braking animations from his normal running animation, and has only two different running animations compared to all his prior skins.
 * PROJECT: Yi is the only PROJECT skin to lose a larger majority of his armor in his animations (upon both his death or during his ultimate).
 * He was conceived as 'Cyber Yi' by Marco 'Wendigo' Silva (an artist from the Riot Games Inc. São Paulo office).
 * He might have been inspired by from ' and/or  from '.
 * His dance references Have a Nice Day by.
 * A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * He was conceived as 'Cyber Yi' by Marco 'Wendigo' Silva (an artist from the Riot Games Inc. São Paulo office).
 * He might have been inspired by from ' and/or  from '.
 * His dance references Have a Nice Day by.
 * A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
 * He shares this theme with:


 * During the development period, the skin was called "Cosmic Reaver Master Yi".
 * His blade resembles the item available in Twisted Treeline.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * He shares this theme with:


 * This is the first skin where we can see his face.
 * Master Yi in this skin has two different high-movement speed animations: one with his active where he will glide forward through the air, and one with a normal high-speed boost (such as from the base fountain) where he will surf on top of his sword instead.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * He shares this theme with:

Relations

 * Master Yi taught the  (although the Monkey King uses a  rather than a sword).