Talk:Master Yi/@comment-24330271-20140113012336/@comment-24430045-20140121165014

I think Ghostblade is a bit overrated on Yi. The ArPen is nice but he benefits more from AD and AS than any other stats because of his scalings and mechanics. And imo, no one should build both BotRK AND BT. Yi likes both but you should probably pick one or the other depending on your enemy team comp. Thing is, when you build Yi with the ever so crucial AS and AD, your pure DPS power will take down any bruiser or even tank in a good amount of time due to his passive and his E, so getting BotRK against any team that doesn't have like three bruisers is a bit of a waste. Also, Greaves are meh in the late game and should be switched out for Threads mid-to-late. Overall, like the commenter above me points out, your build leaves something to be desired in the way of survivability. Yi needs some sort of tenacity in the late game and some resistances to be truly effective. I'd swap out Ghostblade for Static Shiv, Mercury Threads for Berserker's Greaves, Guardian Angel for Ravenous Hydra, and that BotRK slot can be filled by situational tankbuster items if need be. Static Shiv has great synergy with his ki and combined with IE, it makes his crit chance reliable. Guardian Angel is great on Yi, since yeah he's likely to die if the enemy blows their hard CC on him, but with GA he can hop right back up and keep on assassinating to his heart's content. For tankbusters, this can be where Ghostblade or BotRK or Last Whisper fit in, but I often forsake those in favor of more tankiness (like Randuin's Omen with is great on him).

tl;dr Bruiser Yi is often the way to go. Get some tenacity, Shiv is core, and tankbuster items are a situational item pick.