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I find it somewhat of a waste to use this when the
but if you use it after marking someone with “Mark
enemy has “Mark of the Golden Crow” on them
of the Golden Crow”, you should be able to take
because it only knocks them back and doesn’t do
them down with basic attacks. If not you still will
additional damage like “Ricochet” does. Also that
be able to chase them down with “Divebomb” and
would leave you with no escape and no stun meaning
secure the kill with a well placed “Ricochet”.
the enemy could counter initiate and kill you easily.
So it’s best kept as an engage or disengage tool.
Finally we come to why Hou Yi is one of the
Hou Yi at the moment is not in the meta given
his lane clear is a little weak early game, and his
Crowd Control requires two abilities to be used.
coolest designed Hunters in the game. His Ultimate,
Late game he is pretty strong, but without a steroid
“Sunbreaker”, brings us back to the time he shot
like Rama or Artemis, he can easily be out-boxed
nine suns out of the sky. Hou Yi shoots nine arrows
if not played extremely well. Hou Yi makes up for
into the sky while nine suns come crashing down
his lack of boxing ability with his high area of effect
dealing 80/90/100/110/120 +25% of his Physical
Ultimate which is extremely useful when fighting
damage in a target area every 0.5s for 4.5s. If an
for the Gold Fury or the Fire Giant. Hou Yi may see
enemy has “Mark of the Golden Crow” on them,
some adjustments soon as we see the season two
they will have their movement speed slowed by
meta change and I for one hope to see him come to
20% for .25s on every hit. This is such a great team
the meta as he is extremely fun to play and requires
fight Ultimate. It makes enemies spread out and
a high level of experience to be utilized properly. ■
can deal quite a bit of damage to the entire enemy
By Tanner Schelle
team. This is ideally used on more than one enemy,
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