r/YoneMains

Whoever thought it was a good idea to buff yone, really need to take a look in the mirror. This champ is beyond strong if u know how to play him. There is no need to give him a buff.

and here comes the huuhuh im so funny omg u probally lost to a yone omg, internetroll or w.e. you are not funny. but sure go ahead

Hello Yone mains!

I am a Silver player who has been playing League for about a year and ranked for around half a year. During the last few months, I have been maining Viktor mid, but recently I started feeling that no matter how well I perform in Solo Queue, some games are still very difficult to influence because of things that are largely outside my control as a control mage.

Before Viktor, I used to main Yone, and played him the most from all of my champs. However, my performance with him was very inconsistent, mainly because I was a much less experienced player back then.

I don't feel like I need to relearn how Yone works mechanically, since I have played him quite a lot before. What I remember struggling with, though, was playing confidently into certain matchups, especially ranged champions. I was often afraid that I would get poked out to death if I played too aggressively.

From my experience playing Viktor and other midlaners, I've also played against quite a few Yone players who were much more confident and aggressive than I used to be. Even when they didn't necessarily have an easy early game, they would eventually become very strong and sometimes take over the game through side lanes and teamfights.

What appeals to me about Yone is that he is relatively self-sufficient, manaless, scales well, has strong side-lane and splitpush potential, and has a mechanically demanding playstyle. I also like that he gives me more ways to create plays and pressure on my own instead of relying as much on my team.

I am aware of that Yone isn't very strong early and can struggle into certain ranged matchups. However, I'm already used to playing a relatively weak early game from Viktor, so that doesn't really bother me like it used to in the past. I'm also not looking to play him like Yasuo and constantly fight from level 1. I'd rather farm, scale and then become more aggressive once I have the resources and opportunities to do so.

I like both champions, but at the moment I'm considering putting Viktor aside and going back to maining Yone, especially because games in Silver can be quite chaotic and I feel that Yone gives me more agency in those situations.

I'll probably still keep Viktor as a situational pick when the matchup or team composition makes Yone struggle with.

Do you think this is a reasonable approach, or are there any things I should keep in mind when returning to Yone after a long break?

Many times I had an idea of what a buff could be, because Yone needed them. Now I have no idea. What could the buff be? Yone is strong toplane, not strong in a way that he can stomp every matchup, but he is probably one of the most rewarding champions rn. Skill is very, very rewarded on Yone. (IMO Yone has the highest skill ceiling PAIRED with actual rewarding gameplay but thats a hot take). I am so happy that Yone is not dogshit weak now.

My predict is a mr buff or maybe some stuff like 1 armor, something like that. I dont think they will buff scalings in his abilities. (Imagine if they remove the crit penalty again lol)

Plz let me dream 🙏

I feel like I’m not really understanding how I’m supposed to build Yone, and I’d appreciate some help.

I’ve always read that the standard build is BORK → Immortal Shieldbow → IE, and then you adapt from there, but I’d like to actually understand why you build each item and when you should deviate from that, instead of just following a build blindly and trolling my games.

Mechanically I don’t think I’m that bad, but I feel like I lose quite a few games because my itemization is terrible and I end up building random stuff that doesn’t make sense for the enemy comp.

I’d also like to understand defensive boots better. Are there mid matchups or team comps where it’s worth going Plated Steelcaps or Mercs early, and then getting the attack speed you lose from Berserker’s Greaves somewhere else?

If anyone could help me understand Yone’s itemization and give me some clarity on how to actually think about builds from game to game, I’d really appreciate it.

Hello, I'm ADC main but trying top with Yone (and sometimes Kayle or Darius). How do you fight Vlad? I think it's the worst game I've had ... I even bought not one but two Null-Magic Mantles then Ruby crystal (out of desperation), but still despite that and W he still completely zoned me out ... and I couldn't even fight under tower, even with those items + Exhaust + W + running away with E and then R he still killed me under tower and walked away with most of health left

Any advice? Thank you!

Edit: I'm looking at some Yone vs Vlad videos and they seem to be going very differently, also the Vlads play more respectfully/less aggressively

Don't understand with yone how to navigate late game scenarios in neutral state (neither team has baron/elder) where death timers are extremely high and especially when dying once could result in insta losing and not a lot of vision on the map

Been told: clear vision with team in advancce -> set up for objs
Problem: Obv cant facecheck as yone late game (one shot even with e up if enemy team is inside bush) and having to rely on teamates to clear vision with u just seems too inconsistent

Plan was usually to not overextend and wait for enemies to overextend in mid/sidelane to get a pick but higher elo u go, enemies overextend way less. Thus, game feels helpless even if u are individually strong, any patterns/advice please?

P.S more of a macro question for yone as I understand late game teamfights are way too context based from game-to-game

Hello! I just popped into this subreddit cuz I wanna ask some questions when playing as Yone.

For context:

I have a main in all roles expect top lane but I mainly use Cassiopeia/Evelynn/MF. I decided to start playing Yone to diversify my champion pool since I really don't have a melee midlane physical champion for when my team locks in mostly magic damage. I tried Qiyana and Naafiri before and as much as I enjoy playing them, they didn't really stick to me. I can play Caitlyn mid if we really needed physical damage but she's only a counterpick to me and I feel like it's sacrilegious to use and ADC in mid unless it's Tris. Then I had my eyes on Yone. At first, I tried Yasuo: did not like his playstyle AT ALL. Tried Yone a few times and I do enjoy his playstyle and it's more forgiving than Yasuo's. Can somebody give me just general advice when playing him? I do believe in discovering and making your own playstyle when commiting to a champion but I'll appreciate some tips on how to make my learning experience easier.

Thank you!

So i have been trying some new builds and i have come up with this nice tank build and sometimes you go ap tank and build liandries and collector and then build rageblade or kraken slayer into sunfire , i like this build cause it reminds me of shen and miss unfortunately, i also have high noon/school skin on yone that might help you in deciding on your reprocessing?..!

This is an issue with top I need help with...I was playing a Yone Top game VS Renekton. I solo kill him lvl 4 under his own turret, and gain a huge lead, but then the ganks keep coming. Every time Renekton takes a bad trade: Enemy Jungler cleans up his wave and sets up a freeze. Whenever I breathe: Poppy runs at me. My team, being the Emerald pigs they are, don't crossmap and don't do anything meaningful to win the game...how can I win back some agency??

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