I just played a game, and in the pre-screen everyone was all:

"Omg, he picked yi. Lmao 4v5"
Something along the lines anyway. They kept making snide comments and shizizle like that, then I proceeded to carry the team 12/1.

That was mostly e-peen, but my question is, since when is yi bad? Like, did I miss something?

People think he sucks cause he lacks survivability and a lot of people who play with him are pretty bad. I've met some good Yi's, but there are far better melee champs

I was playing with my girlfriend on an alternate account because she's learning the game, and a Yi in one of our matches got a Penta Kill at level 10 and we proceeded to lose because we had a Nunu that fed...

Yi is a monster when he racks up kills, if not, he's like a free kill.

Yi is really just a low level pub stomper, one exhaust gimps him to all hell to be honest.

There are better melee champs but if yi is in capable hands he is one of those under-looked champs which is a game changer(a real carry)

Yea...it's cause yi needs to farm farm and uh farm lol or he is really kinda useless and too squishy..other champs hm range or melee?

If you play AP Yi your survivability is greatly increased while you take a small hit to your DPS and pushing abilities.

Well, I personally use my +201 HP page when I play Yi, and after getting a Last Whisper I get a Frozen Mallet, this places me near 3k HP, and then after that its just get the usual items, with ghost/cleanse and his ult surviving is a non-issue. It sure annoys the hell out of people when a Yi is not squishy, cause then its harder to stop him from getting kills.