The Wuju Bladesman

Previous Lore

"The art of Wuju lives on in Master Yi, and is plunged through the hearts of his foes." -

Soraka, the Starchild

Keeper of the ancient art of Wuju, Master Yi is a mystical warrior from the isle of Ionia. He descended from one of the few tribes dedicated to the preservation of Wuju, a martial art founded with the principles of absolute spiritual awareness of one's self and one's enemy.

When the armies of Noxus invaded Ionia, Master Yi joined in the Ionian defense to fight the craven enemy, bringing his village honor through his unparalleled mastery of the blade. The ensuing battles ravaged the land, but no conflict inflicted as much horror as the day the armies of Noxus closed in on Yi's village.

Left undefended, the village became the unfortunate test subject of the latest invention by an up-and-coming chemist, now known as Singed. The remains of the village that Master Yi returned to were so horrific that it remains a festering scar on Ionian history. To this day, no Ionian will ever publicly speak of what occurred.

After the Noxian invasion was contained, Master Yi fell into a deep isolation. For years, he trained morning to night, speaking to no one and refusing offers of consolation by fellow Ionians. The only thing stopping him from madly charging into Noxus battle lines headfirst was his pledge to keep the Wuju style alive. Even though he seethed with impatience, his rage became a tool for sharpening his practice of Wuju, developing stronger and deadlier skills for his eventual vengeance.

The only thing that roused him was news of the League's formation, and Noxus' subsequent enrollment in the League. Master Yi now brings his mastery of the blade to the League of Legends with unflinching purpose: to avenge his kinfolk and end the predations of Noxus once and for all.

If asked, Yi will tell you he was born from wisps of the cosmos, and that is why he moves like the wind. Those who have faced him in combat know the bite of the Wuju Bladesman - he strikes twice, without warning, and is gone. Often, the only clue that you are about to be struck by Master Yi is the hiss of his blade as it parts the air.

Keeper of the ancient art of Wuju, Master Yi is a mystical warrior from the isle of Ionia. His village was steeped in Wuju, and his kinfolk were some of the few to carry the tradition into the modern day. That is, until the armies of Noxus came to Ionia, ravaging the land. Master Yi went to fight the craven enemy, bringing his village honor through his unparalleled mastery of the blade. However, in his absence, the armies of Noxus closed in and tested the latest invention of the chemist now known as Singed.

What was done to his village is something of which Master Yi will not speak. However, he has brought his mastery of the blade to the League of Legends in order to avenge his kinfolk and end the predations of Noxus once and for all.

Master Yi brings the art of the Wuju Style in a way that makes his enemies falter.

He is capable of fighting with lightning speed, as well as finding purchase behind the defenses of an enemy's armor. He can call on his inner fortitude, regenerating at an accelerated rate. Calling upon ancient forces, Master Yi can fold space, appearing behind enemy after enemy. He is even able to reject magic, rendering it useless against him.

Master Yi himself has studied the arts of Wuju for more than a thousand years. He is the oldest known living human on Valoran, but to gaze upon him, you would guess him no more than thirty years old. The art of Wuju lives on in Master Yi, and is plunged through the hearts of his foes.

Previous Abilities

Previous Quotes

Upon Selection

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Movement/Attacking

Taunt

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Joke

▶️File:"Wuju... pass me that potion?" OriginalCircle.png

Previous Splash Art

Patch History

V7.9

Cosmic Blade Master Yi
- Bug Fix: Fixed a Mac bug causing Meditate and Highlander visual effects to flicker rapidly in some situations.

V7.8

Error: Skin PROJECT: for Master Yi is not specified in Module:SkinData/data.
- Meditate
  - Bug Fix: Now displays the correct particles during Meditate, not his base skin particles.

V7.5

Double Strike
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where if it killed a champion, the second hit could hit nearby invisible champions.

V7.2

Double Strike
- New Effect: If Double Strike's first hit kills a unit, the second strike now searches for a new target within 300 range (prioritizes killing blows).
Meditate
- New Effect: Channeling Meditate pauses the durations of Wuju Style and Highlander.
- New Effect: Now grants Master Yi one stack of Double Strike per second while channeling.

V6.24

Double Strike
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Guinsoo's Rageblade dealt damage to Master Yi on Double Strike's second hit.
Alpha Strike
- Now determines Master Yi's ending position when damage is dealt, rather than 0.05 seconds beforehand. In other words, Master Yi more reliably ends up next to his target if the target Flashes at the end of Alpha Strike. (Alpha Strike duration unchanged)

V6.23

Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing the cooldown to sometimes not display properly.

V6.22

Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Now properly charges Statikk Shiv's passive.

V6.21

Double Strike
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Master Yi would not critically strike monsters after Double Striking them at certain attack speeds.
Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Dying during Alpha Strike will properly play Master Yi's death animation, placing him where Alpha Strike was portraying him to be.
- New Effect: Minimum untargetability of 0.25 seconds.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Alpha Strike could sometimes fail to cast but still go on cooldown, and be unable to be reset by basic attacking until Master Yi cast Alpha Strike again.
- New Effect: Alpha Strike now also grants vision of where Master Yi will strike on his next bounce.
- Alpha Strike won't place Master Yi on top of Template:Moi if it is the primary target.
- Meditate is no longer momentarily locked out after a failed Alpha Strike cast.
- Master Yi now becomes eligible for assists as soon as Alpha Strike visually bounces to a target (even though damage is only applied at the end of the animation).
Wuju Style
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Wuju Style's passive attack damage bonus wasn’' counting toward the 25% bonus AD scaling of its active effect if Wuju Style was cast immediately as its cooldown expired.

V6.10

Meditate
- Per-second AP ratio increased to (+ 25% AP) from (+ 15% AP)
Wuju Style
- Active bonus true damage increased to 14 / 23 / 32 / 41 / 50 from 12 / 19 / 26 / 33 / 40

V6.8

Highlander
- Cooldown increased to 85 from 75
- Duration reduced to 7 seconds from 10
- On-kill/on-assist duration extension increased to 7 seconds from 4

V6.6

Wuju Style
- Active bonus true damage increased to 12 / 19 / 26 / 33 / 40 from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
- AD ratio changed to (+ 25% Bonus AD) from (+ 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20% AD)

V5.24

Meditate
- Tooltip updated to display correct per-second (+ 15% AP) ratio instead of (+ 30% AP)

V5.17

General
- New Effect: Master Yi dances faster the more total movement speed he has
Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Cooldown not being reduced by Double Strike or Sated Devourer's Phantom Hit

V4.5

Stats
- Armor increased to 19 from 15

V3.13

Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: In-flight projectiles incorrectly dropping after becoming untargetable
Meditate
- Cost reduced to 50 at all ranks from 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110

V3.10a

Stats
- Attack speed growth reduced to 2% from 2.75
Double Strike
- Bug Fix: Second strike damaging targets even when Master Yi is blinded
Meditate
- Damage reduction increased to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Wuju Style
- Passive bonus attack damage changed to 10% at all ranks from 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 15
Highlander
- Cooldown reduction changed to 70% on kill or assists from 18 seconds on-kill and 9 on-assist

V3.10

Gameplay Update
- Stats
  - Health growth increased to 92 from 86
  - Mana reduced to 180 from 199
  - Mana growth increased to 42 from 36.
  - Armor reduced to 15 from 16.3
  - Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.7
  - Attack speed growth reduced to 2.75% from 2.98
- Double Strike
  - Trigger reduced to every 4h basic attack from every 7th
  - New Effect: Second strike deals 50% reduced damage
- Alpha Strike
  - Removed: Bonus minion damage chance
  - Bonus damage to minions changed to 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 from 50%
  - Target bounces reduced to 4 from 10
  - Damage changed to 25 / 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 (+ 100% AD)
  - New Effect: Can critically strike for 60% AD
  - Cost reduced to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
  - Cooldown increased to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 from 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10
  - New Effect: Cooldown is reduced by 1 second each time Master Yi basic attacks
- Meditate
  - Channel duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5
  - Removed: Bonus resistances for the duration
  - New Effect: Master Yi gains 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% damage reduction (halved against turrets) for the duration
  - Total heal reduced to 120 / 200 / 280 / 360 / 440 from 200 / 350 / 500 / 650 / 800
  - Total AP ratio reduced to (+ 120% AP) from (+ 200% AP)
  - New Effect:Heal increases by 1% for every 1% missing health
- Wuju Style
  - Passive bonus attack damage changed to 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 15% AD from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35
  - Active damage changed to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20% AD) from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70
  - Active damage changed to true from physical
  - New Effect: Master Yi deals bonus true damage on-hit for 5 seconds but passive bonus attack damage is lost for the duration and while on cooldown
  - Cost reduced to 0 from 40
  - Cooldown reduced to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 from 25 / 23 / 21 / 19 / 17
- Highlander
  - Duration changed to 10 seconds at all ranks from 8 / 10 / 12
  - On-kill basic abilities cooldown reduction changed to 18 seconds from 100%
  - On-assist basic abilities cooldown reduction changed to 9 seconds from 50%
  - Bonus attack speed changed to 30 / 55 / 80% from 40 / 60 / 80
  - Bonus movement speed changed to 25 / 35 / 45% from 40 at all ranks
  - New Effect: Champion kills or assists while active extend the duration by 4 seconds
  - Cooldown: 75

V3.5

Double Strike
- Trigger speed changed to scale with Master Yi's attack speed from 0.6 seconds at all times
- Bug Fix: Second strike critically striking turrets

V3.02

Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Displaying as off cooldown when on it

V3.01

Meditate
- Total heal increased to 200 / 350 / 500 / 650 / 800 from 140 / 280 / 420 / 560 / 700
- Total AP ratio reduced to (+ 200% AP) from (+ 400% AP)
- Cost reduced to 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110

V1.0.0.153

Alpha Strike
- Initial cast time reduced
- Bonus minion damage chance changed to 50% at all ranks from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
- Bonus minion damage changed to 260 / 320 / 380 / 440 / 500 from 400 at all ranks
Meditate
- Initial cast time reduced
Wuju Style
- Cooldown reduced to 25 / 23 / 21 / 19 / 17 seconds from 25 at all ranks

V1.0.0.152

Stats
- Movement speed increased to 355 from 330

V1.0.0.139

Meditate
- Cost reduced to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130
Highlander
- Bug Fix: Assists not reducing Alpha Strike's cooldown
- Duration increased to 8 / 10 / 12 seconds from 6 / 9 / 12

V1.0.0.133

Meditate
- Bug Fix: Tooltip displaying incorrect AP ratio (lower than intended)

V1.0.0.129

Alpha Strike
- Cost reduced to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Highlander
- Cost reduced to 100 from 120

V1.0.0.126

Highlander
- Bug Fix: Immunity to Ethereal Chains's rooting while active

V1.0.0.123

Alpha Strike
- New Effect: Master Yi can activate Wuju Style and Highlander while untargetable
- New Effect: Master Yi will attempt to attack the target champion once he reappears

V1.0.0.118

Alpha Strike
- Blinking updated for consistency when near walls (to avoid Master Yi reappearing on the other side of a jungle camp)

V1.0.0.104

Chosen Master Yi
- Bug Fix: Missing sword glow

V1.0.0.100

Alpha Strike
- Removed: Casting while rooted
Wuju Style
- Tooltip updated

V1.0.0.96

Chosen Master Yi
- New Effect: Sword glows

V1.0.0.86

Double Strike
- Bug Fix: Death recap display
Alpha Strike
- Animation delay reduced
Meditate
- Animation delay reduced

V1.0.0.85

Stats
- Attack range increased to 125 from 100
Double Strike
- Trigger changed to every 7th basic attack from 10%
Alpha Strike
- Cooldown reduced to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 18 at all ranks
- Cost reduced to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 from 90 / 105 / 120 / 135 / 150
- Cast time reduced
- Speed increased
Meditate
- Cooldown reduced to 35 seconds from 45
- Tick rate increased to every 0.5 seconds from every 1
- Heal reduced to 140 / 280 / 420 / 560 / 700 from 150 / 300 / 500 / 750 / 1100
- Cost reduced to 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 from 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160
- Bonus resistances increased to 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 from 30 at all ranks
Wuju Style
- Cooldown reduced to 25 seconds from 30
Highlander
- New Effect: Assists on enemy champions reduce Master Yi's basic abilities' cooldown by 50%

V1.0.0.70

Highlander
- Bonus attack speed stacking changed to additive from multiplicative
- Bonus attack speed increased to 40 / 60 / 80% from 30 / 50 / 70
- Bonus movement speed stacking changed to additive from multiplicative

V0.9.25.34

Double Strike
- Trigger chance reduced to 10% from 12
Alpha Strike
- Range reduced to 600 from 650

V0.9.22.16

Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Master Yi dying when targeting Template:Moi and having Guardian Angel active

V0.9.22.15

Stats
- Health increased to 530 from 480
- Health growth reduced to 86 from 88
- Attack damage increased to 55.7 from 48.7
- Attack damage growth increased to 3.1 from 1.775
- Movement speed increased to 330 from 325

V0.9.22.7

Stats
- Movement speed increased to 325 from 320
Meditate
- New Effect: Master Yi gains 30 bonus armor and 30 bonus magic resistance for the duration

V0.8.22.115

Alpha Strike
- Bug Fix: Master Yi sometimes canceling attack commands after reappearing
Highlander
- Bonus movement speed increased to 40% from 30 (to accommodate for movement speed soft capping)

July 10, 2009 Patch

Alpha Strike
- New Effect: Master Yi reappears on his target's location

June 26, 2009 Patch

Double Strike
- Trigger chance reduced to 12% from 15

June 12, 2009 Patch

Wuju Style
- Passive bonus attack damage increased to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
- Active bonus attack damage reduced to double the passive one from triple
- Cost increased to 40 from 25
- Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds from 40

June 6, 2009 Patch

Alpha Strike
- Cooldown increased to 18 seconds from 16
Highlander
- Bonus attack speed changed to 30 / 50 / 70% from 25 / 50 / 75
- Bonus movement speed reduced to 30% from 35

May 29, 2009 Patch

Gameplay Update
- Alpha Strike
  - Moved to Q from R
  - New Effect: Has a chance to deal bonus damage to minions hit
- Meditate
  - Heal reduced to 150 / 300 / 500 / 750 / 1100 from 150 / 350 / 600 / 900 / 1250
  - Cost reduced to 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 from 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 / 180
  - Cooldown reduced to 45 seconds from 60
- Wuju Style
  - Removed: Cost per attack, bonus attack speed
  - New Effect: Passively grants Master Yi bonus attack damage
  - New Effect: Upon activation Master Yi gains triple the bonus attack damage but loses the passive one for the duration
- Highlander
  - Moved to R from Q
  - New Effect: Grants Master Yi bonus attack speed and bonus movement speed for the duration
  - New Effect: Master Yi is immune to slows for the duration
  - New Effect: For the duration, kills on enemy champions refresh all basic ability cooldowns

May 23, 2009 Patch

Double Strike
- Trigger chance changed to 15% from 12 / 16 / 20

May 15, 2009 Patch

General
- Recommended items updated
Highlander
- Duration reduced to 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 seconds from 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
- Removed: Cleansing Soul Shackles
Meditate
- Channel duration reduced to 5 seconds from 6
- New Effect: Master Yi heals when he finishes channeling
- Tooltip updated
Alpha Strike
- Removed: Bypassing invulnerability ( Intervention)

May 9, 2009 Patch

Highlander
- Bug Fix: Incorrectly cleansing Debilitating Poison

April 25, 2009 Patch

General
- Recommended items updated

April 18, 2009 Patch

Meditate
- Cooldown increased to 60 seconds from 50
Alpha Strike
- Damage increased to 150 / 250 / 350 from 50 / 125 / 200

April 11, 2009 Patch

Highlander
- Removed: Cleansing Rune Prison
- Bug Fix: Bonus movement speed stacking incorrectly (stacking type changed)
Alpha Strike
- Bounce range increased to 600 from 400
- Bug Fix: Enemy Highlander not cleansing the slow

Alpha Week 7

Alpha Strike
- New Effect: Slows all targets hit by 60% for 4 / 5 / 6 seconds
- Damage reduced to 50 / 125 / 200 from 200 / 300 / 400

Alpha Week 6

Highlander
- Removed: Cleansing roots ( Rune Prison)
- Cooldown changed to 20 seconds at all ranks from 30 / 26 / 22 / 18 / 14
Meditate
- Tooltip updated

Alpha Week 4

Meditate
- Heal changed to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 per second from 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10% maximum health
- Cost changed to 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 from 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200
Alpha Strike
- Damage changed to 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 100% AD) from 300% AD
- Cooldown reduced to 90 seconds at all ranks from 210 / 150 / 120
- Bug Fix: Doing more damage than intended
- Bug Fix: Critically striking

Alpha Week 3

Double Strike
- Bug Fix: Not triggering when attacking inhibitors
Meditate
- Channel duration reduced to 8 seconds from 10
- Cooldown reduced to 50 seconds from 60
Wuju Style
- Damage increased to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
- Bonus attack speed increased to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30
- Cost reduced to 4 from 5
Alpha Strike
- Target bounces changed to 10 at all ranks
- New Effect: Damage to champions has an AD ratio
- Cost reduced to 150 at all ranks from 150 / 175 / 200
- Cooldown changed to 150 / 120 / 90 seconds from 140 / 120 / 100

Alpha Week 2

General
- Bug Fix: Basic attack timing
Meditate
- Tooltip updated
Wuju Style
- Tooltip updated
Alpha Strike
- Tooltip updated

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The Wuju Bladesman

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Previous Quotes

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Patch History

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