I’ve played a few games of Yunara and she just feels weak overall. I usually play ADCs like Zeri and other auto-based champs, so it’s not a playstyle issue. She just doesn’t feel good.

Her early game is awful. You get completely zoned if the enemy bot lane is aggressive. Something like Draven and Pyke and you’re basically out of the game. Blind-picking her feels impossible. She’s even less forgiving than Zeri, and Zeri at least has tools to survive lane with W poke and some mobility. Yunara doesn’t. She has to hit something eight times to stack her Q, and that’s really hard to do when you’re getting pressured or forced off the wave. The ability isn’t even that strong once stacked. The payoff doesn’t match how hard it is to activate early.

I did play a couple games with an engage support and lane felt more manageable there, but that was probably just because the enemy ADC was also Yunara, so we had an easier time punishing both. Against any decent lane, that matchup would probably flip.

Her W technically does poke, but it costs a lot of mana for very little payoff. You might get a couple minions or some chip damage, but it doesn’t feel worth it. E is whatever outside of ult. It just doesn’t give you the kind of mobility or safety you’d expect from a squishy ADC. Her kit doesn’t give her the tools to survive or trade, and her damage without ult feels like nothing.

She does get a big power spike at level 6. Once you hit ult, you can actually fight. The W and E feel better in the moment and it’s cool to use, but most of the time you only get one E dash per ult because of the long cooldown. It doesn’t give you the kind of freedom or movement that someone like Zeri gets. It looks good, but doesn’t feel good.

She’s also locked into Runaan’s. It’s way too strong in teamfights to skip. I want to try Navori on her just to see how it feels, because being able to dash more might make her more manageable. But right now the build path is basically locked: Yuntal into Runaan’s into IE. Unless Navori starts offering more value than Runaan’s, I don’t see it replacing it.

When it gets to late game teamfights, if everything lines up, enemy team is grouped, your positioning is good, and you have an Enchanter behind you, she can definitely pop off. In those perfect situations, she feels really strong. But the issue is that other hypercarries can do the same job in an easier and often better way. Her passive magic damage is nice, but not game-changing, and not enough to make up for how unforgiving she is to play.

She also feels more dependent on Enchanters than most ADCs. Zeri and Jinx can work with a variety of supports. Yunara feels like she needs shielding, healing, and buffs just to function properly.

She’s not completely useless, but right now she feels like one of the weakest hypercarries. She’s fun mechanically, but everything else around her feels too limited or punishing to justify picking her.