r/yuumimains • u/zaninosauro • 33m ago
Discussion Yuumi.. why?
This post has zero intention of being a flaming post or similar.
I do believe Yuumi can have a good impact on games, and be extremely useful. However, for that to happen she needs to be paired with a very specific category of ADCs. Meaning that, even more than other supports, she is extremely ADC-dependant. Furthermore, her amount of agency borders zero. Starting from how much her kit wants you to stay attached to the adc, to how squishy and slow she is when not riding one, she basically has to pray that the adc has good positioning, that they won't just walk into enemies spells etc, as it will mean getting her killed too.
Therefore, my question isn't "why would you play Yuumi?". As i said, i do believe she can be an extremely good pick in the right circumstances. Instead, my question is "Why would you main her?"
I do not believe her to be anything close to as easy as people call her to being, seen how with how little agency she has, being able to discern when it is actually the moment to just say "okay no, i gotta dip", and dismount is a skill i dont believe most support players (and leageu players in general) have.
So why would you go through having to learn the champion, to then spend 30+ minutes being at the mercé of the ADC's decisions? Where is the... engaging part? Why not play any of the other champions, and especially why not *main* any of the other champions which allow you to what you want more actively? What am i not getting about her playstyle that makes you go "i want to play yuumi now"? Especially since, to me, maining a champions means that you pick them at least a good.. idk, 45% of the time, which is more than what i'd guess is the amount of times the adc picks a champion who can truly take advantage of her kit. Not to talk about all the hate you surely get for picking her.
