User blog comment:Chase999/Anti-meta Champions/@comment-5557556-20140219153611

Let me shed some light on you.

First off meta game is a way that we play. Current meta game in League of Legends is 1 top, 1 mid, 1 jungle and 2 bot.

Meta game is an unwritten rule on how to play this game. You can go as Poppy on mid, no one is stopping you, but will she be able to beat a champion that fits into meta game style better than herself?

The thing you actually need is not an anti meta champion but a proper counterpick. Champions fit into meta game better than some other champions, that is why we don't see Urgot, Kog Maw, Poppy or Galio that much in games. On the other hand every game there is one Leona, Lee Sin or Caitlyn in one of the teams.

That means that they fit into meta game a lot more than Urgot or Poppy.

Now back onto your problem. To fight with Master Yi or anyone with similar tactic of rightclicking (Xin Zhao, Tryndamere, Fiora, Sion) you need a tank that can redirect their dps from other teammates to yourself. That means that you need a champion that can disable and endure all of the damage while your teammates kill him.

For Yi especially there is one spiky monster called Rammus. Yes in early levels Rammus is not a threat for Yi, but when Rammus gets thornmail and sunfire cape Yi can't kill him at all and Rammus will be always a winner there. Also Rammus is a very uncommon pick and he is not that much fitting into the current way of playing since his jungling is very slow.