User blog comment:NicknameMy/Rework for Master Yi/@comment-3493296-20111022132132/@comment-1748472-20111022230757

I don't think you are supposed to heal when an enemy champ with CC is right next to you. The only reason to do something like that would be a "Well, I'll die anyway so I can just as well try to heal myself and stay alive a little bit longer, buying time for my team. Maybe it'll work out."-situation. Later on its great to tank turrets while a teammate hits it or to stay in line a bit longer, safely healing under your own turret.

Isn't CC a general problem for ANY champion? Even if you are a tank and are supposed to eat CC you can't support anyone if you get hard CC and they just go after your team. CC counters ANYONE. The question is: Why does Yi need CC? His Q makes him untouchable for a few moments and his Ultimate makes it almost impossible to run away from him or chase him down without hard CC. And if Yi himself had hard CC he would be really unbalanced. He runs super-fast, attacks super fast, deals a high amount of damage AND stuns everyone around him? That's a little over the top if you ask me.

If I had to choose between one of the reworks above, I would probably go for the first one. Even though the slow is kinda hard combined with his insane attack- and running-speed during his Ultimate. Just think about it: Yi goes 1on1, pops Ulti and W. The target flashes away but is slowed and Yi catches up with ease, killing it while not taking that much damage himself due to the shield. CDs get a reset and he jumps at the other champion that just came to support the guy you just killed. The second one has this stunning AND damaging shield which is just too powerful. I really don't see any hard CC on him. The third one has this strange heal. When I said a tiny little bit Sadism on a hard hitter like Yi, i meant in general. You already made it a bit weaker but still. Combined with Life Steal and the slightly buffed defense it's a quite heavy boost.

I agree that Yi isn't exactly used excessively anywhere but I don't think the crux is that he is badly balanced or something. Lot's of champs have that problem even though they are really fun to play and pretty strong when you actually give them a try. Why is that? Well, I can't answer you this. Maybe some champions just stick out too much.