Master Yi

Master Yi turns basic attacks into damage better than almost anyone on the roster, earning a perfect 10 out of 10 for attack. As a melee fighter-assassin, his whole identity rests on a single goal: keep attacking until nothing is left standing. Double Strike, his passive, lets every few consecutive hits land a second time, so he rewards long uninterrupted combos and investment in attack speed items. He is officially listed for top and mid lane, yet he is just as well known as a jungler, where clearing camps lets him grow safely into mid game.

Alpha Strike is his main damage spell, but it also doubles as his best defensive tool: Yi blinks around the battlefield, hitting several units while untargetable, so a precisely timed Q can avoid key enemy abilities altogether. Meditate pairs with it by healing him and lowering incoming damage, and it still builds Double Strike while pausing the timers on Wuju Style and Highlander, meaning he never loses offensive uptime by playing defensively.

The Highlander snowball

Wuju Style grants bonus true damage on his attacks that ignores armor, while Highlander gives him huge movement and attack speed along with slow immunity. What makes it work is that kills and assists lengthen Highlander, so a won fight becomes a fresh start as he hops from one target to the next. That is why Yi is stronger at cleaning up messy fights than at opening them.

On a difficulty rating of 4, Master Yi suits players who enjoy a straightforward hypercarry role: fragile early, patient farming, devastating late. His main weakness is hard crowd control. With only 4 defense and Alpha Strike as his sole escape, a single stun landed at the wrong moment can shut down the snowball before it gets going.