In League of Legends the champion “Yuumi” is hated. Many pro players, Twitch streamers and viewers can’t stand the magical, somewhat parasitic cat: At Worlds, Yuumi is once again a popular pick. Worse yet: The cat performs outstandingly well, having now won all its games in the group stage. Especially the Europeans from G2 Esports felt this impact. The German Twitch streamer Frederik “NoWay” Hinteregger has had enough of the sweet-natured four-legged friend.
How present is Yuumi at the LoL Worlds 2022?
- As explained by the page Dotesports , 90 champions have been used at the Worlds so far – even Teemo made a appearance that ended with his total destruction.
- The cat Yuumi has an 88% presence in group stage matches: It was either played or banned in almost all matches. This can be found on the stats page oracleselixir .
- Yuumi has a 100% win rate in the group stage: She was used 4 times and won all 4 games – only the heroine Sivir (4 games – 4 wins) can match that. Even the mighty Aatrox only has a win rate of 57%.
What is the problem – she is just a cute cat? The playstyle of Yuumi is vastly different from any other hero in LoL: Because Yuumi “merges” with another champion – she can no longer be targeted.
She is, so to speak, the parasite of another champion, hanging on to them, can make them stronger, buff them and heal – even deal damage herself.
Normally a support character is a popular target to be harassed and attacked during the laning phase: The usually defenseless class is typically the role that dies the most in a LoL match. But you just can’t catch Yuumi.
Because of this playstyle, Yuumi is generally hated. Professionals often say: This champ should simply be deleted, should not be in the game.
Botlane of Yuumi and Sivir defeats the European hope G2
This is now the new discussion: The biggest German Twitch streamer for League of Legends is NoWay. When he’s not dominating the 2nd German division of LoL or streaming himself, he also likes to watch the pros at Worlds.
On October 10, he wrote: “Yuumi is poison for Worlds, just globally ban this trash.”
He likely had just seen the match between the Chinese JDG and the Europeans G2: There, Missang played the heroine Yuumi and finished with a solid 2-2-10.
Giving the Chinese the botlane of Yuumi and Sivir was estimated as a game-changing mistake by G2 on reddit .
People said: G2 was actually better than JDG, but Sivir and Yuumi are just too strong.
After G2 already lost their opening match, they are now at 1-2: They are facing elimination in the group stage.
Already in August 2022 a combo of Yuumi and Zeri decided an important match.
Yuumi maybe okay for beginners – should be banned for pros
What do others think? Some users on Twitter immediately agree with NoWay:
- The heroine is simply overpowered, can heal and deal damage like a midlaner – and is herself untouchable. EU teams are advised: Either play her themselves or ban her.
- Another adds: It’s just so boring to watch Yuumi. You can’t even punish her in the early game.
- The champ might be okay to allow “beginners” to start in LoL, but has no place in professional play, judges a third Twitter user.
Yuumi is a red rag for many pros. They see no way to fix the cat somehow. Some of the best players say: She simply needs to be deleted.
One of the best players in the world demands that Riot should delete a champ entirely from LoL.
