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Very good counter to Yi, can out trade early and can completely remove you from fights with his ult. To play against it, you have to either wait before going into fights until his ult is down, or go full split push, trying to have as few fights as possible.
Malzahar
For the same reason as Warwick, his ability to suppress you can ruin fights, avoid him, or wait until his ult is down.
Kha'Zix
Relatively easy match up, you should be able to take him on mid/late game. The only issue is early, he can counter jungle you quite easy, so keep an eye on where he is on the map.
Amumu
Pretty hard match up, his massive snare range on his ult makes it difficult to play sometimes, however, his ult is primarily used as a form of engage, so it is quite easy to wait until it is down. If it is proving to be a problem, buy a mercurial scimitar and it shouldn't be a problem.
Cho'Gath
Cho can be easy or hard depending on how the game is going, if you play it right, and have the right items to deal with him, you will be able to kill him. However if you play it wrong it will be a very fast, sorry, end.
Dr. Mundo
This is quite a boring match up, you will not be able to kill him, but he wont be able to catch you, so it is mostly a farm comp. If you do see a mundo jungle locked in, consider taking flash and ignite.
Ekko
Ekko can be a problem, if you get outplayed. He has many forms of escapes / shields / stuns / and slows so you need to be wary of his abilities. The fight is winnable, but it should be avoided.
Elise
This is a very hard match up, not only is she really strong right now, but her ability to counter jungle you, and out gank you early means that she is a very big problem for any Yi player. The way to deal with her is to take Warrior enchant and get some pressure on the map early.
Evelynn
If this match up comes to a straight up fist fight, with equal gold and ability, you will win. However her ability to gank and counter jungle should not be underestimated.
Fiddlesticks
If fiddle is far enough ahead that one combo can take you out. He should be avoided, you also need to wait for his ult to be down in teamfights before you even think about going in. That being said, devourer should be quite safe into this matchup.
Gragas
Any champion that has a strong early game, will be hard to beat. Gragas is extremely powerful early to mid game, and he has massive CC to stop you fighting. Take warrior, and watch his movements on the map, you need to be on top of your game, avoid getting counter ganked and get ahead by playing smart. Eventually no amount of CC Gragas can throw at you will be a problem because of your ult.
Hecarim
Early you need to out gank him, and out play him, and hopefully get ahead, during teamfights wait for his ult to be down before going in.
Jarvan IV
This is a relatively easy match up. There is not much that Jarvan can do to stop you from snowballing the game, you can also get out of his ultimate using Q.
Jax
Skill matchup. If Jax manages to land his stun on you then he will win the trade, if he doesn't you win the trade. Press Q.
Kayle
Even with her ult, you will have no trouble getting onto a Kayle and killing her. Her slow will not affect you with your ult active. However she should be avoided if she is ahead as she will kill you while it is up.
Kha'Zix
This is quite a hard match up early. If the Kha is a good player, they will be able to counter jungle you and make your life miserable early. However you outscale him massively so just wait for the late game.
Lee Sin
Much like Kha, he is a massive problem early, however, you will be able to outscale him. So farm what you can and wait for the late game.
Malphite
Malphite will be building armor, so fights with him should be avoided if vision on the enemy isn't the best, however in teamfights you need to wait for his ult to be down or you will be focused out of the fight.
Maokai
Maokai jungle is really weak at the moment, however he still has massive late game potential so don't underestimate him.
Master Yi
Who can get Sated first? That is the question.
Nautilus
If you are ahead, his ult can be massively problematic. You need to make sure that is out of the way if this is the case. If you see it cast on someone else, immediately take advantage of the situation.
Nocturne
Has a fear which can be problematic, but overall you should be pretty even early and he falls off harder than you late, so just wait for that to happen.
Nunu & Willump
He can counter jungle you all day, dont take devourer and outgank him, he is one of the few champions where your ganks are actually stronger.
Olaf
Should be avoided early, but you will outdamage him late, stack that devourer and play for the late game.
Pantheon
Do not go near pantheon early. His passive will dominate you, you massively out scale him wait for the late game. if he lets you get that far.
Rammus
Very hard match up, built in thornmail, and he will probably build the item too during the game, the taunt can obliterate you. Avoid him and instead of having a team fighting game, focus on the split push.
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