How to beat Master Yi

Common role: Jungle

A hyper-carry auto-attacker who becomes untargetable and resets his ult on kills.

What makes Master Yi dangerous

Master Yi is untargetable during his Q (Alpha Strike), heals with his W, and his ultimate makes him faster and immune to slows while cutting through a team. If he snowballs, his Q resets on kills let him wipe entire fights. He is farm-dependent and useless if behind.

How to play against Master Yi

• 1Hard CC beats him — but he can dodge single-target CC with his Q. Chain your CC or save it for after his Q, then lock him down.
• 2His ult ignores slows, so bring stuns, roots, and knock-ups instead. A single well-timed stun deletes him in a fight.
• 3Punish him early: invade and pressure his jungle before level 6. A behind Yi never gets the items he needs to carry.
• 4Don't let him reset — never fight a snowballing Yi with your team clumped and low. Peel him off your carries and burst him before he gets a kill.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Completely farm/snowball dependent — weak when behind.
• ✓Melee auto-attacker: hard CC shuts him off.
• ✓No ranged threat and no waveclear pre-items.
• ✓Vulnerable while his Q is on cooldown.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Master Yi's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Coup double

  Après plusieurs attaques consécutives, Maître Yi frappe deux fois.

• Q
  Assaut éclair

  Maître Yi se téléporte sur le champ de bataille à la vitesse de l'éclair, infligeant des dégâts physiques à plusieurs unités sur son chemin tout en étant impossible à cibler. Assaut éclair peut infliger des coups critiques et inflige des dégâts physiques supplémentaires aux monstres. Les attaques de base réduisent le délai de récupération d'Assaut éclair.

  Strong: Alpha Strike makes him untargetable, dodging single-target CC. Weak: chain your CC or save it for after Q, then lock him down.

• W
  Méditation

  Maître Yi médite, régénérant ses PV chaque seconde et subissant moins de dégâts un court moment. De plus, Maître Yi cumule des effets Coup double et met en pause la durée restante de Style Wuju et de Highlander pour chaque seconde de canalisation.

  Strong: heals and reduces damage mid-fight. Weak: Grievous Wounds cuts the heal — anti-heal makes his dives losing trades.

• E
  Style Wuju

  Permet aux attaques de base d'infliger des dégâts bruts supplémentaires.

• R
  Highlander

  Maître Yi se déplace avec une agilité sans pareille, ce qui augmente ses vitesses de déplacement et d'attaque et le rend temporairement insensible aux effets qui ralentissent. Pendant la durée de l'effet, tuer un champion ou effectuer une assistance prolonge la durée de Highlander. Passivement, tuer un champion ou effectuer une assistance réduit le délai de récupération des autres compétences.

  Strong: huge attack/move speed and slow immunity to cut through a team. Weak: ignores slows, so bring stuns/roots/knock-ups — one stun deletes him.

Itemization

Yi is AD on-hit: armor and attack-speed slows (Randuin's Omen, Frozen Heart) wreck him, and Grievous Wounds cuts his W healing. Tenacity and hard CC (Exhaust, stuns) are the reliable answers in fights.

This guide covers Master Yi's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.