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Master Yi On-Hit Builds For Any Role + Jungle Matchups
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Master Yi Crit Builds For Any Role + Top Lane Matchups
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Master Yi No Builds Just Mid Lane Matchups
Recommended Items
Runes: Standard
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health
Spells:
Flash
Smite
Items
Ability Order Q > E > R > W
Double Strike (PASSIVE)
Master Yi Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Kha'Zix
His high burst damage and invisibility are very strong against Yi. Pre lvl 6 you can deal with him alot easier. Avoid being isolated and try to W his Q damage.
Lulu
Can safe you, turn tables, buff important stats and CC's enemys for you.
Lulu
Can safe you, turn tables, buff important stats and CC's enemys for you.

Hey i'm Suseri, 1997 vintage and a High Elo Master Yi OTP since season 4. I'd like to share my experiences here with you, so i welcome you to my Yi Guide. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Some tips right off the bat:
skills to have when playing as Master Yi, as those allow you to use this champion to his full potential.
I don't like pure tank items on Yi because he scales extremly well with the right damage and
attackspeed focused items, which then allow you insane solo plays while giving you high dueling power.
Try to finish your games on Yi as fast as possible because mistakes will be less forgiving since
you can die alot faster in the later states of the game, duo to being rather squishy with my builds.
Lastly if you'd like to see me in action, check out the video below and without further ado, let us begin!

Master Yi Pros:
+High Mobility thru


+Highest Base Movement Speed in the Game
+Ability Resets
+Hyper Carry Potential
+Strong Splittpush
+Strong/Easy Turret Dives
+Tank Shredder thru

+Untargetability thru


+Good Jungle Clear and Sustain/Tankiness thru

+Different Build Flexibility (Crit,Lethal,OnHit,Offtank)
+One of the (if not the) Strongest 1v1 Late Game
+High Pentakill Potential
Easy to Learn but Hard to Master

Master Yi Cons:
-Squishy
-No CC and vulnerable against Hard CC
-Late game issues
-Relies very hard on Items
-If you fall behind it can be Hard to be useful
-Weak against Burst, especially AP Types
No Skillshots but a good







When i started playing Master Yi in the jungle i would always use






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But Suseri how do you decide that?
The higher the threat of certain Champs is, the more likely i'd decide to take discussed summoner spells.
That being saied, this also comes with experience thru playing alot of games, so keep that in mind.
But Suseri why take

Because it'll delay your item power spikes too much, i'd only recommend
you to get QSS if you are ahead, later into the game or if it's really necessary in order to play.
But Suseri why take

You would need to finish the item at some point and it is not an optimal item to build on Yi while it also again delays your item power spikes. Ignite also deals true damage which helps you getting your kills/resets faster.

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As a Laner most of the time first but not a must, depending on your matchup.
When?
Some important notes:

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As a Laner mostly 2nd, can be maxed sooner vs champs that are tanky, don't have burst, mobility or hard cc.
When?
Some important notes:

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As a Laner mostly last, you can put more points into it when you're behind, building tank items or getting poked.
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Some important notes:

When?
Jokes aside, as a Jungle as well as a Laner of course when ever you can, as it gives you tons of advantages such as increased movement speed, move speed and attack speed reduction immunity and a second passive which reduces the remaining cooldown of all of your basic abilities for every kill or assist by 70%.
Some important notes:

- If possible, stack up your passive before engaging fights for more dps and to get your next double strike faster
- The 2nd attack of your passive will focus the nearest target of your character
and not the nearest target of the target you hit with the first strike, you can also use this to your advantage by moving towards prioritized creeps, keep that in mind when farming for example
- Once your passive runs out it can cancel your next attack animation when it expires, which can be very annoying
- Your passive works on Jhin, Nida, Teemo and Shaco traps but not on GP barrels
- The 2nd hit of your passive can crit turrets inhibs and the nexus
- Yi's sword will glow if his passive is stacked up, if enough of those stackes are gathered Yi will get into a loop as long as you continue to attack and he'll also use his passive sooner with less total autoattacks, however if the 2nd hit of your doublestrike does not land for example if the target dies at the 1st hit that'll restart the loop

- Always auto attack your jungle camps first before Q'ing them because otherwise they will reset their HP for the first hits of your Q, this can slow your early game down alot, exceptions for this are the raptors but only if there are 4 or more of them left, the scuttle crabs aswell as dragons and rift heralds
- You can still get hit or even die in your Q when getting hit by cc over time like Leblanc Morgana or Karma chains, also by empowered autoattacks and by damage over time spells like ignite for example, Fiddle drains and Illaoi tantacles after her grab can also hit you + bard q, there are also still moments in which you die even without any of those situations happening which is known as a bug for a very long time
- You can reduce the duration of cc over time spells by timing your Q as late as possible and for chain abilities you can walk back a little very quick which decreases your hitbox location (if your enemy is running from you), to avoid the chain ability completely
- You can use your Q to poke or kill enemys, your Q will always prioritise the closest targets
- You can bait enemys by Q'ing a target which dies the moment you're still in your Q to get out of your start position
- You can also do this to poke enemys in lane from a safe distance
- When attempting to dive once an enemy is low enough to die to a Q you can also start clicking away to avoid turret shots
- You can still use your Q after (almost every) hard cc spell if you use Qss (Fun fact: even dragon knockbacks)
- You can use your Q to jump over walls, this can be useful for either escapeing or following enemys but you can also use it to safe some time when farming i mostly only use it on Raptors and Krugs camps since as saied before some camps can heal up if you start them with your Q
- If enemys use hourglas they will take no damage from your q but your ability will go on cd
- You can get assists if you Q a champ which dies before you leave your Q if the window for that is to short it won't work and your Q will be on cd tho (i guess your Q needs to bounce at least once)
- Yi's Q follow range is caped at some point, so you cant follow bigger distances, max should be something around 2000 units
- Keep in mind that your Q can lose you around 1 sec of your E's duration
- Your Q can reavel enemys in fog of war (not invisible once tho) if they are close enough
- If you Q a champ that is going invisible while you are still in your Q you can track their path
- Even with the autoattack option turned on, after using a Q on a Scuttle Crab Yi will not keep attacking it automatically because it's a neutral enemy
- If you click Q on a champ which is out of your range Yi will follow that target till he loses vision of him
- Do not worry, you cannot dodge stuff like ally buffs or heals like zilean lvl ups or soraka ults (neither turret platings i think)
- Q interaction with other untargetabilities turns out that you deal some damage but you get thrown out of your Q the moment they turn untargetable
- Spamm q on a spot that you think the enemy will show up to avoid vision advantage traps
- There is a very small window in which other champs can avoid your autoattack after you follow a flash with your Q
- Your Q duration can be shorter if the target dies sooner, you can lose turret aggro when doing this on a low HP enemy champ while having ally minions around
- When farming jungle camps you need to set them as a target by clicking them once with rightclick because if you use your Q on them before doing that Yi will stop attacking

- You can reset your autoattacks by pressing your W in time and then rightclicking the target again, the smaller the time between the different execution inputs are the faster you will start your next attack, the optimal moment for that is after your doublestrike because not only dps wise you get the most out of it but you also get your next doublestrike faster that way it can also reduce incoming dmg for that short input window
- Damage reduction on your w is halfed against turrets
- You can use your W in your base to recover faster but you should avoid that if the enemys are close to your base
- Your w has a ap scaling so items like hourglas in some situations are actually not too troll if you have ever actually thought about it
- After you channel your W long enough you build up your doublestrike passive
- While channeling your W your E and Ult run out durations will stop for that time
- There is a display bug if you use your W on Skarner portals
- If you spamm your W while you're in your Q it can get your W on CD
- If you're about to end a game you can click on a position then use your W right after and once the endscreen appears Yi will still walk to that location

- Get more use out of your E truedamage by waiting for your doublestrike before using it
- If you press E while you're in W you will cancel your W ability
- You can get more E'autoattacks if you use your W right before the end of the duration of your E to get another E-doublestrike, however if the window is too short it won't work since you don't win just stop time

- You cant get slowed but also not attackspeed slowed in your ult
- You cant get grounded in your Ult
- You get ability resets on kill and assists once you skill your R
- If you get multiple kills/assists they get reseted even faster(based on missing CD %)
- Your R can cancel your W
- You dont get slowed in your ult which means if the enemys have fear abilities they can send you flying far away, keep that in mind
Special Champion and other Interactions:
- You can reset the CC timer for Viktor trap by timing your Q (not totally avoidable unless you use that to walk out of the circle)
-Camilles R can interrupt your W
- Some cc like Morgana Q's won't stop you from being able to use your w e or r
- If you die in Alpha while having GA you will be revived on the spot you Q'ed
]- If you time your W as you die while having GA you will be revived with the W animation
- Jax e or teemo blind will not refund your Q CD with autoattacks (when ever you don't deal dmg while attacking)
- Your dance speed changes on all Yi skins except the project one, based on your movementspeed
- If 2 Yi's Q each other there can be a so called skin advantage (please don't ask me which is the best)
- You can't dodge a enemy Tahm Kench eat but an ally's one, also an ally Tahm can't eat you while you use your W (nice antitroll feature i guess lol)
- Your R and E can still runout if W pressed to late
- You can use your flash over a wall after using your Q without reaveling your flash position
-Seraphine's 2nd E can't root Yi while he is in his R because he does not get slowed by her first E to begin with
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If you made it this far, let me express my thanks to you for reading my Guide.
I hope the Guide could help you and i wish you the best of lucks for your Games.
If you have any Questions left, feel free to ask me them in the Discussion section.
Remember that not just being good at a Champ but also general knowledge and behaviour
in this Game is very important. So in order to improve and climb be friendly and respectful
to everyone and enjoy the Game, bacause having fun is the most important part of it!
Here's my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAMZQ21lJUuSkICLPieXbg again.
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