User blog comment:NicknameMy/Rework for Master Yi/@comment-1748472-20111022130713

Why would he need CC? He can heal himself and gain an incredible amount of defense in the progress, he can make himself invisible/invincible for a few moments meaning a well timed Alpha Strike can negate ANY attempt to attack him. And why would someone need an escape/chasing-mechanism in terms of CC with an ultimate like that?

He already is a great chaser and escaper. And don't forget that when he is played AD, thanks to his E, R and Passive, he deals so much damage in such a short duration that any Stun or hard CC would almost automatically grant a free kill or two. Imagine a AD-Yi meddling with you while you can't do anything thanks to a 1 sec. stun. That one second is enough time for him to tear through you.

Besides that reworked heal seems too strong to me. 700 Heal while gaining a little bit defense AND being able to fight? +1 per AP?!? An AP-Yi would be waaay to hard to kill during those 5 seconds while he can indeed harm you. It's almost like a small Sadism. On a hard hitter like Yi.

I really don't think Yi needs balance or rework. As he is right now he can be taken down and can take you down as well. That's balanced imo.