Champion Spotlight - Yondu (2022 Update)

About Yondu
Centaurian scoundrel Yondu Udonta may not seem like much of a threat at first glance, but when you hear a whistle and his deadly Yaka Arrow comes out to play it’s not advisable to make any rash decisions. Leader of the Ravagers and mentor to Star-Lord, Yondu is a stickler for honor, but not above breaking a rule or ten to get what he wants.
Yondu's Mechanics
BASE STATS & ABILITIES
Character Class: Tech
Basic Abilities: Bleed, Heal Block, Precision
STRENGTHS:
ABILITIES:
The following Stats and Abilities are based on a Rank 5, Level 65, 5-Star Champion
Yaka Arrow:
Always Active:
SPECIAL ATTACKS
SYNERGY BONUSES - Unique
Friends Lv. 3 - With Rocket Raccoon
Enemies Lv. 3 - with Ronan
It Ain’t Easy Lv. 3 - With Beast, Nightcrawler
Rivals Lv. 3
- with Star-Lord
RECOMMENDED MASTERIES
Deep Wounds:
Collar Tech:
Centaurian scoundrel Yondu Udonta may not seem like much of a threat at first glance, but when you hear a whistle and his deadly Yaka Arrow comes out to play it’s not advisable to make any rash decisions. Leader of the Ravagers and mentor to Star-Lord, Yondu is a stickler for honor, but not above breaking a rule or ten to get what he wants.
Yondu's Mechanics
The Leader of the Ravagers found himself some upgrades! Along with the ability to steal his Opponent’s Armor Up Buffs, Yondu has learned how to steal his Opponent’s Prowess effects and turn them into Armor Buffs for himself. To help him fight those pesky Mutants even more effectively, Yondu has an upgraded Heal Block, lasting up to 25 seconds when fighting an Opponent who is Regenerating. Yondu also made some tweaks to his Yaka Arrow, upgrading its chance to Bleed Opponents as well as upgrading its damage output!
BASE STATS & ABILITIES
Health | Attack | PI (Max Signature) | |
3-Star | 6275 | 463 | 1819 |
4-Star | 15736 | 1159 | 4548 |
5-Star | 31551 | 2324 | 10540 |
6-Star (Rank 3, Level 45) | 40654 | 2994 | 13550 |
Character Class: Tech
Basic Abilities: Bleed, Heal Block, Precision
STRENGTHS:
- Heal Block
- Against Opponents who are under a Regeneration effect, Yondu now has one of the longest Heal Block Debuffs in the game, easily accessible with his Special 1.
- Prowess Removal
- Yondu now has a 50% chance on all attacks to remove Prowess Effects off his Opponent, making him a great counter for some of the annoying Mutant defenders in the Contest.
- Purify
- Yondu’s Bleed, Armor Break, Heal Block, and Weakness abilities are all in the form of Debuffs. Any champion with access to Purify will make Yondu’s life very difficult.
- Bleed and Armor Break Punish
- Yondu uses his Yaka Arrow for the majority of his Attacks, making him an unfavorable matchup vs. Champions who punish those Debuffs such as Omega Red and Dragon Man.
ABILITIES:
The following Stats and Abilities are based on a Rank 5, Level 65, 5-Star Champion
Yaka Arrow:
- Yondu utilizes his Yaka Arrow during his first and third Light Attacks as well as during his Heavy and Special Attacks. These attacks have +445.45 Armor and Block Penetration as well as the following:
- 40% chance to inflict a Bleed Debuff causing 2324 Direct Damage over 7 seconds.
- Against Bleed Immune opponents, instead have a 40% chance to inflict an Armor Break Debuff, removing 1 Armor Up Buff and reducing Armor Rating by -370.59 for 9 seconds.
- The strength and precision of Yondu’s Yaka Arrow allow it to trigger Critical Hits and personal Abilities through the opponent’s Block.
- 25% chance to Pilfer 1 Armor Up Buff. 50% chance to Pilfer 1 Prowess effect. For each Prowess or Armor Up Pilfered, gain an Armor Up Buff, granting +1400 Armor Rating for 15 seconds.
Always Active:
- Opponent suffers -10% Combat Power Rate for each Debuff on them. Max: -50%.
- +50% Offensive Ability Accuracy during this attack.
SPECIAL ATTACKS
Special 1 - Quick Draw:
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Special 2 - A Little Help From My Friends:
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Special 3 - Yaka Attacka:
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Signature Ability - Centaurian Archery:
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SYNERGY BONUSES - Unique
Friends Lv. 3 - With Rocket Raccoon
- All Champions gain +130 Armor Rating
Enemies Lv. 3 - with Ronan
- All Champions gain +155 Critical Rating
It Ain’t Easy Lv. 3 - With Beast, Nightcrawler
- All Champions gain +400 Block Penetration
Rivals Lv. 3
- with Star-Lord
- All Champions gain +115 Critical Damage Rating
RECOMMENDED MASTERIES
Deep Wounds:
- Increase the duration of Yondu’s Yaka Arrow Bleed Debuffs for more Damage!
Collar Tech:
- Points in the Collar Tech Mastery and an aggressive playstyle to stack as many debuffs as you can on the opponent gives Yondu very potent Power Control!
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Comments
True strike on Yaka attacks would be nice too, since evading it should really be difficult. Perhaps a small animation change could have been made for basic attacks, including it more.
This is exactly the case with War Machine for example, who can reverse healing with his SP1 from all the debuffs he places.
As an example, when WM got buffed I was underwhelmed from what I read on paper. But in action, this guys slaps and I ended up taking him to R3. I suspect that Yondu will be a similar case.
Stacking Armor Ups in many fights means super high energy resist in fights which could mean nice Willpower regen. Plus the extra debuff duration is always nice.
It’s not a bad buff and is useful for a specific niche (arguably vs Mutants) but that’s it. The sig ability duration should be doubled at least - a 5 second duration isn’t worth anything. Yondu is a poor man’s Nimrod, pretty much.
I’ve got to agree with @Terra - a little bit more utility would have been welcomed and wouldn’t have made him OP.