Yuumi plays nothing like other supports. You are glued to your strongest ally and provide infinite sustain while they do the fighting. Your lane phase is weak — survive it and outscale.
Abilities
Skills Overview
P
Feline Friendship
Passive
Periodically, when Yuumi strikes a champion with an attack or ability, she restores health to herself and the next ally she Attaches to.While Attached, Yuumi generates a special bond with her allies. The ally with the strongest bond enhances Yuumi's abilities while she is Attached to them.
Bop'N'Block gives Yuumi a shield after detaching. Time your detach before taking a skillshot to absorb it with the passive shield — then reattach immediately.
Q
Prowling Projectile
Skillshot · Poke · Slow
Yuumi fires a missile, dealing damage and slowing first target hit. It deals bonus damage and an enchanced slow if it takes at least 1.35 seconds to get to its target. While on her Best Friend, the slow is always enhanced and grants bonus On-Hit damage to her ally.While Attached, the missile can be controlled with your cursor for a brief period.
CD: 6.5 · Cost: 50/55/60/65/70/75
Prowling Projectile curves toward the nearest enemy while attached. Fire it as your host walks into the enemy — the curve auto-tracks. Empowered Q (after 3 stacks of W passive) slows significantly and deals more damage.
W
You and Me!
Attach · Untargetable · Passive Stacks
Yuumi dashes to a target ally, becoming untargetable from everything except turrets. While on her Best Friend, she gains Heal & Shield Power and grants her Ally On-Hit healing.
CD: 0 · Cost: 0
You are untargetable while attached. You can still be hit by AoE abilities but most targeted spells whiff. Detach briefly to take turret aggro off your host when they dive — then reattach.
E
Zoomies
Heal · Shield · Zoomies Speed
Shields Yuumi and boosts Move Speed and Attack Speed. If she's attached, she passes it to her ally instead.
CD: 10 · Cost: 80/90/100/110/120
Zoomies heals and grants movement speed. Use the first charge on your host in trades, the second charge on yourself if you're forced to detach. AP scaling makes this heal monstrous at 300+ AP.
R
Final Chapter
Channeled · Multi-Root · AoE
Yuumi channels five waves that damage enemies and heal allies. Yuumi can move, attach, and cast Zoomies! while channeling. While on her Best Friend, this spell also follows her mouse.
CD: 120/110/100 · Cost: 100
Final Chapter sends waves of roots across the map. Channel for the full duration — all 5 waves must hit for maximum CC. Stay attached while ulting so you don't die during the channel.
Skill Leveling Order — Max E first, then Q, then W · R at 6 / 11 / 16
| Level | Q | W | E | R | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take E — healing available from level 1 | ||||
| 2 | Take Q — poke tool | ||||
| 3 | Take W — attach to your ADC | ||||
| 4 | Level E — bigger heals | ||||
| 5 | Level E | ||||
| 6 | R — Final Chapter roots unlocked | ||||
| 7 | Level E | ||||
| 8 | Level Q — stronger poke and slow | ||||
| 9 | E maxed ✓ | ||||
| 10 | Level Q | ||||
| 11 | R rank 2 | ||||
| 12 | Level Q | ||||
| 13 | Level Q | ||||
| 14 | Q maxed ✓ | ||||
| 15 | Start leveling W — lower cooldown | ||||
| 16 | R rank 3 | ||||
| 17 | Level W | ||||
| 18 | W maxed ✓ |
Itemization
Recommended Builds
Summoner Spells
Primary
Flash
Best repositioning tool — engage, escape and combo extension
Secondary
Exhaust
Reduce damage and slow to peel for your carries
Situational
Ignite
Ignite
Starter
Spellthief's Edge
Poke with Q to stack gold. You rely on passive gold since you won't CS.
400g
Core
Moonstone Renewer
Heals scale with time in combat. While attached, constant E casts proc massive Moonstone healing on your host.
2200g
Knight's Vow
Bond to your hypercarry — reduces their damage taken and heals you while they deal damage.
2200g
Shurelya's Battlesong
Active speed boost plus heal-and-shield power. Lets your host run down enemies after your R roots.
2500g
Situational
Ardent Censer
Attack speed and on-hit damage on every E cast. Best when your host is an ADC or Yasuo/Yone.
2300g
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Q slows already but Rylai makes every Q hit slow by 30% for 1 second. Strong with AP Yuumi builds.
2600g
Chemtech Putrifier
Apply Grievous Wounds through E to counter enemy sustain comps.
2300g
Always buy Redemption late — the AoE heal during teamfights complements your attached healing perfectly.
Runes
Sorcery Primary
Summon Aery
Every Q and E triggers Aery — constant poke and shield proc on your host.
Manaflow Band
Sustain mana pool for constant Q harassment.
Transcendence
CDR helps you E and Q more frequently when attached.
Scorch
Extra burn on Q hits for lane poke damage.
Inspiration Secondary
Biscuit Delivery
Sustain mana early — Yuumi runs out of mana fast in lane.
Cosmic Insight
Item and Summoner Spell haste for faster Exhaust/Flash.
Gameplay
How to Play Yuumi
01
Early Game
Survive the Lane
- Attach to your ADC at level 1 — detaching in lane makes you an easy kill.
- Stack Q empowerment by hitting enemies. Empowered Q slows — land it before your ADC engages.
- E your ADC when they trade, not after. Proactive heals win short trades; reactive heals lose them.
- Detach only to take turret shots off your ADC when they dive. Reattach immediately.
02
Mid Game
Attach to the Carry
- Attach to your fed hypercarry — whoever is winning, you make them unkillable.
- Follow your carry to every skirmish. Your heals are what let them 1v2 safely.
- Use Q to poke sieging enemies before your team commits to a fight.
- Build Moonstone Renewer first — your heals need the scaling to matter in mid-game fights.
03
Late Game
R to Win Teamfights
- Attach to whoever is walking into the fight first — your heals matter most on the front line.
- Save R for when 3+ enemies are grouped. Full channel = 5 waves of roots = team-wipe setup.
- E twice per fight — first charge on your host, second on yourself if forced to detach.
- Redemption during R channel stacks with your heals for insane sustain during teamfights.
Teamfighting
How to Teamfight as Yuumi
Yuumi's teamfight role is simple: stay attached to the most impactful ally and pour out heals. Your R is one of the strongest teamfight ultimates in the game if you land all 5 waves.
1
Pre-Fight — Pick Your Host
Before engage
01
Attach to your frontline if they're initiating — your heals let them tank far more than expected.
02
Stack your W passive before the fight starts by repeatedly swapping between allies in spawn.
03
Have E ready — don't waste it on poke, save the first charge for the opening trade.
2
Fight — Heal and Root
Fight opening
01
E your host at 50% HP — don't wait until they're about to die. Earlier heals prevent more damage.
02
Cast R when 3+ enemies are in range — channel the full duration for all 5 root waves.
03
Swap hosts mid-fight to follow your team's strongest position — whoever is in the most favorable position.
3
Aftermath — Sustain the Chase
Post-fight
01
E your carry as they chase — the Zoomies speed boost lets them run down fleeing enemies.
02
Q slows fleeing enemies — empowered Q can stop a low-HP target from reaching safety.
03
Stay attached during recall — detach only when your host is safely in base.
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Tips & Tricks
Advanced Mechanics & Hidden Tech
Yuumi's skill ceiling comes from host-swapping timing, W passive management and knowing exactly when to detach and reattach to avoid death.
Basic
Never Detach in Lane
You have almost no defensive options when detached. Every time you're off your host, you're one CC chain away from death. Only detach to take turret shots or bait a skillshot when your passive shield is up.
Basic
Empowered Q Farming
Your W passive builds stacks as you're attached. After 4 stacks, your next Q becomes Empowered — it deals more damage and slows. Time the Empowered Q to hit before your ADC goes in.
Intermediate
Host Swap for Survivability
If your current host is about to die, W to a nearby teammate mid-fight. You remain untargetable during the 0.25s swap animation. This lets you survive fights where your host dies.
Intermediate
Passive Shield Timing
Bop'N'Block triggers when you first attach or when you deal damage while detached. Detach briefly before a major skillshot lands to absorb it with the passive shield, then immediately reattach.
Advanced
R During Enemy Channel
Yuumi's R interrupts certain enemy channels. Use Final Chapter to interrupt Malzahar R, Fiddle R, or Miss Fortune R mid-channel. The root stops channeled ultimates immediately.
Advanced
Double E Rotation
E has two charges. Use the first on your host during the fight. When it's on cooldown, detach briefly, use the second charge to heal yourself, then reattach. This gives you sustain even when your main heal is on CD.
Matchups
Counters & Matchups
Yuumi is weak against champions who can force her off her host or CC her during the brief window she's detached. She dominates lanes where she can sustain through poke freely.
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Loses Against
Blitzcrank hooks your host and pulls them under his tower. Since you detach on death, you're left completely exposed and die immediately after your host is burst.
Attach to your ADC and stay behind the minion wave. Blitz can't hook through minions. If he hooks your host, immediately W to a safe ally.
Nautilus hooks your host and chains them in 4 seconds of CC. His passive root on every auto attacks prevents your host from running, and you can't heal through that much burst.
W to your jungler or mid laner when Nautilus chains your host. Don't die with your ADC — escape to a living ally and heal from there.
Pyke's R executes — Grievous Wounds + execute completely bypasses your healing. His hook/stun combo bursts your host before you can E twice.
Build Mikael's Blessing if enemy has Pyke. Cleanse his hook to give your ADC escape time.
Wins Against
Soraka cannot chase Yuumi's host or prevent the constant healing. Your combined heal output far exceeds Soraka's damage.
Just out-sustain her. Buy Chemtech Putrifier to apply Grievous Wounds to deny her global healing.
Sona is squishy and has no way to engage on Yuumi who is untargetable. Your healing plus a dive-heavy ADC shuts her down.
Q poke Sona out of lane. She can't heal through your combined poke and host pressure.
Janna's disengage is less effective against a host who is already being permanently healed. She cannot outlast your sustain output.
Attach to a tanky engage champion and dive. Janna cannot disengage a tankier opponent that you're keeping alive.
Team Comp
Best Synergies
Kog'Maw's hypercarry scaling is fully unlocked by Yuumi's permanent heals and adaptive buffs, making him an unkillable damage source.
Yuumi's attached Ardent Censer AS buff and constant heals make Yasuo unkillable during his E dashes and R burst windows.
Yuumi's permanent heals help Vayne survive her weak early game safely, letting her reach the full-build W true damage power spike.
Yuumi's R multi-root chains with Jinx AoE cleanup while Zoomies speed enables Jinx to chase kills and trigger passive resets.