Spirit Blossom Master Yi
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Excellent (8.5/10)
High Investment Required
Epic Relics
Paid Relics
Spirit Blossom Master Yi is a highly potent champion capable of executing massive One-Turn Kills, but his playstyle is heavily dependent on specific relics and high constellation investment. Players disagree about his overall design. Some consider his spell-chaining and massive stat growth to be incredibly satisfying, while others find his high base cost and reliance on a single core spell to be repetitive and slow in the early game.
Stat Scaling
Doubles the stat buffs granted by his spells, leading to overwhelming board presence.
Provides Overwhelm to ensure his massive stats translate directly into Nexus damage.
Crucial for reducing his 8-mana cost, allowing him to be deployed much earlier in the match.
Strategy
This build maximizes Spirit Blossom Master Yi's stat scaling. Secret Technique doubles the stats granted by his spells, while The Beast Within provides the necessary Overwhelm to push damage through small blockers. Timehonored Blade reduces his high base cost, allowing him to be deployed earlier and trigger his powerful play effects.
Plunder Acceleration
Reduces his cost when Plunder is triggered while providing additional stats.
Stacks with Packed Powder to further reduce his high base cost.- Grants Overwhelm to ensure his attacks cannot be easily blocked.
Strategy
This build focuses on aggressively reducing his 8-mana cost without relying on his signature relic. By utilizing spell damage or early Nexus damage to trigger Plunder, you can deploy him much earlier in the match. The Beast Within ensures his high-powered attacks connect with the enemy Nexus.
Budget Plunder
- Reduces his cost by 2 when Plunder is triggered.
- Stacks to reduce his cost by an additional 2.
- Stacks to reduce his cost by a total of 6 mana.
Strategy
A rare-only approach designed to deploy Spirit Blossom Master Yi as quickly as possible. This requires drafting ways to consistently damage the enemy Nexus early, such as spell damage powers or elusive units, to trigger the massive cost reduction.
Other Relic Options
Offers massive cost reduction, but requires careful sequencing as it will destroy his ephemeral illusions before they receive their buffs.
Provides consistent spell generation to fuel his abilities, though it can dilute the pool of spells his play effect recasts.
Highly synergistic for duplicating his core spells and accelerating his stat scaling.
A viable alternative to The Beast Within, granting Overwhelm and additional keywords to his 1-cost ephemeral units.
Helps consistently draw his powerful 2-cost followers and accelerates his overall game plan.
Constellation
Spirit Blossom Master Yi's constellation layout requires significant investment. Many critical upgrades and powerful nodes—such as drawing an elusive spell at the start of the game or granting 'Chosen by the Stars' to support champions—are locked behind the 5-star and 6-star levels, making him feel incomplete at lower investments.
Lesson One
Each Round, the first time you play a spell targeting only allies, animate it.
Fruits of Wisdom
+1 Starting Mana. Each round, the first time you play a spell, refill 1 spell mana.
Lesson Two
When you play a spell targeting only allies, animate it.
Can't Stop; Won't Stop
Allied buffs (except Barrier) are permanent.Review
This is widely considered his most important power spike. By making temporary buffs permanent, it drastically improves his scaling and defensive capabilities, effectively serving as his true win condition.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
Provides necessary mana advantage to consistently trigger his signature relic's cost reduction on turn one, smoothing out his awkward early game curve.
Final Lesson
When you target an ally with a card, grant it stats equal to that card's cost.Review
While it provides a massive influx of stats by recasting the highest-cost targeted spells, some players view it as unnecessary for victory since his 4-star power already provides sufficient scaling.
Gameplay Tips
- Focus on the Core Spell
Prioritize casting 'Practice Makes Perfect' and actively cut other spells from your deck at healer nodes to guarantee consistent scaling.
- Ignore the Level-Up
Do not force his level-up condition. His primary win condition is the massive stat scaling from his spells, making his level-up a secondary benefit rather than a requirement.
- Avoid Free Attacks
Never draft powers or items that initiate a free attack upon summoning, as this can cause Spirit Blossom Master Yi to obliterate himself due to board space issues.
- Draft Cheap Targets
Prioritize drafting low-cost units to serve as targets for your buff spells in the early game, ensuring you can scale your board before deploying your champion.