Talk:Master Yi/@comment-4372473-20130806051035/@comment-4636093-20130806065438

It doesn't pop projectiles no.

There are many kinds of untargetability.

The most famous is Fizz's pole, Vlad's Pool, Elise's Rappel and Fiora's Ult. This pops projectiles and dodges skills however doesn't block DoT damage or leashes.

Then there's unclickability, Maokai's Dash and Yi's Alpha Strike are counted among them. They do not pop projectiles however can still dodge skills if the skills hit them while being untargetable (Maokai can avoid being stunned if he uses Twisted Advance on a Sion when he casts his stun, but not if Maokai uses TA on something in the other direction, the stun will keep chasing him and hit him when he becomes targetable again).

And then there's complete banishment, Zhonya's, Shaco's ult and LeBlanc's Passive. They are completely removed from existence for however long it lasts, they take no damage even from DoTs and pop all projectiles.

(The 4th kind isn't really untargetability, it's from Pantheon's Ult. He can still be hit by everything, he just can't be clicked on at all. Think of it more like Stealth which isn't revealed by Oracles)

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The reason Yi's Alpha Strike is so hard to dodge targeted skills with is because unlike Maokai's, Yi's Alpha Strike is a Blink not a Dash.

If a TF gold cards a Yi while Alpha Striking, Yi will never actually touch the Gold Card because he'll have blinked over it, and chances are that he'll be targetable again when it finally reaches him. You can dodge it with extreme timing, however it's very hard and you need to hit Q at almost point blank.

However dodging skillshots and Karthus' ult is still quite easy.