I wonder if a lot of the irritation with facing yuumi could be mitigated if some CC effects (for example, knock up) forcefully detached her from whoever she’s riding.

With a nerf like this, it would free up power budget to put in buffs in more expressive and rewarding places.

Just when we thought the stakes of this match couldn’t be any higher…!

If you can convince one or more friends to start at the same time as you, then you’ll surely have way more fun. I would say to play normals (unranked, vs. humans) as soon as possible, as other than the very basic rules of the game, you won’t learn much vs bots.