With the League of Legends patch 9.10, the Rift sees the addition of Yuumi the Magical Cat to the game. It’s the first time in a few years that Riot Games is adding another Enchanter Support champion to League of Legends, and most of the world is excited about it.
The design and abilities of Yuumi the Magical Cat are both very unique to League of Legends in its current state. That being said, there is going to be a tiny learning curve in both playing Yuumi and playing against someone using the champion.
Let’s go over Yuumi’s abilities first, then we’ll get into how to use them properly and effectively.
Abilities
Passive - Bop ‘N’ Block
Often times support champions are judged on their ability to shield, and plenty of half-decent supports that do get a lot of rift time don’t have shields at all. This makes Yuumi’s shield interesting, because it’s a passive. Having a chance for a shield, on hit of an enemy champion, turns Yuumi’s shield into more of a bonus than an ability.
When Yuumi attacks a champion, a bubble may flash around her. When this happens, Yuumi can use her “W” to attach to an allied champion. If there is an active shield available Yuumi will give it to the champion she attaches too.
Q - Prowling Projectile
Yuumi has the ability to fire a magical projectile that travels in a straight line. With a rather high range, if Yuumi’s shot travels for more than 1 second, it will grow in strength and deal more damage while also slowing the target on hit.
Attached - Yuumi’s projectile while attached to an allied champion (using her “W”) is the first attach in the game that can be controlled after firing. Using your mouse, you can direct the projectile.
W - You and Me!
This is the ability that truly shakes up the gameplay of Yuumi, and as a support all together. Yuumi’s “W” ability allows her to “attach” to an allied champion. While attached, Yuumi becomes untargetable. This state also grants all of her other abilities a difference in execution.
At high levels, Yuumi can jump from one champion to another almost without cooldown. Though untargetable, Yuumi is rather squishy on her own, making the goal to keep your pals alive.
E - Zoomies
Yuumi’s “E” ability has two effects, the first of which heals Yuumi for a growing percentage, and the second is a speed boost. Zoomies has two charges, and can be stacked.
Attached - If attached to an ally, Yuumi will heal her ally instead, and apply the speed boost to them (which in turn makes Yuumi move faster because she’s attached). The ability can be stacked twice on the same ally, or (using the “W” to jump to another) spread across different allies.
R - Final Chapter
Using Book, Yuumi opens up her tomb companion to shoot wide waves of magical power. If the waves strike an enemy three times, they are rooted in place for a moment. Yuumi can move while casting Final Chapter, and she can even cast Zoomies while Book is channeling the ultimate ability. The waves can be directed at cast, and will shoot in a straight line from the source in that direction no matter where Yuumi moves
Attached - Yummi’s ultimate is every bit the same while attached to a companion, aside from the inability to move independently. Yuumi will instead follow her attached friend.
Yuumi Strategy - How to Play
The trick with the current meta is that squishy support champions are not used very much. Which makes the unique toolkit on Yuumi a refreshing attempt to shake up some of the support meta.
It’s no secret that Yuumi the Magical Cat is far more useful when attached to a friend, so your main focus should be jumping from one ally to another.
Hit enemies as often as possible to prock those shields, and leap to your pals. Once attached, keep those friends healed up and speedy as often as possible. Use proximity ally champions to move through the battlefield while remaining relatively safe.
Using Yuumi’s ultimate, be the first to engage on large or small groups of enemies. Hit them three or more times with the waves to lock them down, and then focus on the heals. Don’t forget to throw out those “Q” shots to get more shields while bouncing around the battlefield.
The biggest key to the build of Yuumi is Ability Power. Stack those AP buffs in order to provide more healing and speed boosts to your teammates. Yuumi’s ultimate also has a rather strong ability to do some damage if you kit her out right.
So, grab your cat-nip and get out onto the Rift with the newest addition to the League of Legends champion line-up.
For more about Yuumi the Magical Cat, check out the reveal of Yuumi. For more questions about the champion, read our Adopting Yuumi OmegaLOL article.
