1. Understanding Master Yi's Abilities
- Passive: Double Strike
Every few basic attacks, Yi strikes twice on his next attack. This significantly boosts his damage, especially with on-hit effects. - Q: Alpha Strike
Yi becomes untargetable and dashes to up to 4 enemies, dealing damage. It can critically strike, applying on-hit effects, and is excellent for dodging key abilities or closing gaps. - W: Meditate
Yi channels, healing himself over a short duration and reducing incoming damage. This ability is best used for healing up after a fight or mitigating burst damage. - E: Wuju Style
Passive: Yi gains bonus true damage on hit.
Active: For a few seconds, Yi deals bonus true damage on every basic attack. This is crucial for shredding through tanks or carries alike. - R: Highlander
Yi gains increased movement speed, attack speed, and becomes immune to slows. If Yi scores a kill or assist while Highlander is active, the cooldowns of his abilities are partially refreshed. This is his signature ability for engaging, chasing down enemies, or escaping.
2. Summoner Spells
- Smite: Mandatory for jungling.
- Flash: Provides utility for positioning and escaping.
3. Runes
Primary Rune: Precision
- Keystone: Lethal Tempo – Provides attack speed that lets Yi unleash his DPS potential in extended fights.
- Triumph – Restores health and gives bonus gold on kills/assists, helping you survive team fights.
- Legend: Alacrity – Increases attack speed, essential for Yi.
- Coup de Grace – Increases damage against low-health targets, synergizing well with Yi’s clean-up playstyle.
Secondary Rune: Domination
- Sudden Impact – Grants lethality and magic penetration after using Q (Alpha Strike).
- Ravenous Hunter – Provides healing from your abilities' damage, giving you more sustain.
- Attack speed
- Adaptive damage
- Armor or Magic Resist (depending on enemy team comp)
4. Item Build
Starting Items:
- Hailblade (Blue Smite)
- Refillable Potion
Core Build:
- Kraken Slayer – Provides attack speed, crit chance, and true damage on every third hit.
- Guinsoo’s Rageblade – Converts crit chance into on-hit damage, enhancing Master Yi's DPS output.
- Blade of the Ruined King – Adds life steal, attack speed, and % HP shred, making it effective against tanky targets.
Situational Items:
- Wit's End – Provides magic resist, attack speed, and on-hit magic damage.
- Death’s Dance – Grants damage mitigation, healing, and extra survivability.
- Guardian Angel – Gives a second chance with its revive passive.
- Serylda’s Grudge – For armor penetration and slowing enemies with basic attacks.
- Spirit Visage – If the enemy team has heavy magic damage, this boosts healing from W and life steal.
5. Jungle Pathing
Early Jungle Route:
- Start Red Buff with leash.
- Proceed to Raptors.
- Take Wolves.
- Clear Blue Buff.
- Go to Gromp.
- Finally, look to gank a nearby lane or take Scuttle.
Mid-Game:
- Focus on securing dragons and Rift Herald.
- Look for opportunities to invade the enemy jungle and take camps if they are out of position.
6. Gameplay Strategy
Early Game:
- Play conservatively and focus on farming your jungle camps efficiently.
- Look for opportunities to gank overextended lanes, but don't force it.
- You are weak in the early game, so avoid risky fights unless you have a clear advantage.
Mid-Game:
- Once you have your core items, start looking for team fights or isolated targets to pick off.
- Use Q (Alpha Strike) to dodge key enemy abilities or gap-close to vulnerable targets.
- With R (Highlander) active, you can chase down enemies or retreat quickly.
Late Game:
- Focus on split pushing when safe, as Master Yi can take down turrets quickly.
- In team fights, wait for enemies to use their key crowd control abilities before engaging.
- Look to clean up fights with R and snowball from kills, resetting your cooldowns.
7. Tips and Tricks
- Alpha Strike Dodging: You can time Q to dodge crowd control or major abilities like Malphite’s ultimate or Syndra’s stun.
- W Timing: Use W (Meditate) not only to heal but also to reduce burst damage. For example, if you’re about to take a heavy skillshot, channel W briefly to mitigate the damage.
- Split Push: Master Yi is one of the best split pushers. Use your movement speed and attack speed to pressure side lanes, forcing the enemy team to respond.
- Clean-Up Potential: Don’t initiate fights. Let your team start, then dive in when enemies are low on cooldowns or health, using R and Q to finish them off and reset your abilities.
- Attack Speed Cap: With R active and items like Kraken Slayer, you can quickly reach the attack speed cap, maximizing your DPS.
8. Counters and Matchups
Weak Against:
- Champions with hard crowd control (e.g., Malzahar, Lissandra, Jax).
- Tanks with strong dueling potential and high burst (e.g., Malphite, Rammus).
Strong Against:
- Squishy champions or immobile mages (e.g., Jinx, Vayne, Lux).
- Low-CC compositions.
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