Master Yi Build Guide : Wuju like a guide? Season 9 :: League of Legends Strategy Builds

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bruh i think secodanry rune should be sorcery becasue nimbus cloak helps alot and absolute focus too

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10/10 great champ. Would get flamed again

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This is the first guide I saw on yi that helped me out some time ago after a year's pause on lol. I was looking for a quick build to use, I haven't read any of the chapters though(sorry xd). It really helped me out at the time!! Nice work.

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Do you think it's important to rush after ? In one game there was a particularly dangerous in the enemy team so I decided to build some armor like first before Rageblade. It didn't work but I'm not sure if it was entirely my fault or his skill had something to do with it, which is why I'm asking your opinion.

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Do you think it's important to rush after ? In one game there was a particularly dangerous in the enemy team so I decided to build some armor like first before Rageblade. It didn't work but I'm not sure if it was entirely my fault or his skill had something to do with it, which is why I'm asking your opinion.

Alright so let's talk about Any hp you build is negated by her so what item do we use to counter her? Currently the only way through items is and . Secondly, you can build whatever you feel is needed, generally, Vayne is very difficult to deal with in terms of out playing her as the only way to do so is to dodge her E. Generally, if you fail to do so and aren't very ahead, you'll probably die. Crit Yi deals with vayne the best in my eyes unless guinsoo's is already stacked.

Basically, you can go rageblade second but the way I see it is, why build defensivly if i'm going to die anyway? I may as well at least go 1 for 1 rather than 1 for 0.

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I recall some people stating that crit Yi is better against a team full of squishes and perhaps one tank, while a regular on hit Yi build is better against tankier teams. What's your opinion on this? (if you clarified that somewhere in the guide and I missed it, deepest apologies)

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I recall some people stating that crit Yi is better against a team full of squishes and perhaps one tank, while a regular on hit Yi build is better against tankier teams. What's your opinion on this? (if you clarified that somewhere in the guide and I missed it, deepest apologies)

If you build lord dominicks, and Blade Of The Ruined King, you'll find you'll kill both tanks and squishies very quickly unless it's a rammus or so. On hit is better to play in jungle because it's easier to snowball, and maintain that snowball, as well as easier to come back from when behind. Crit is better when played in lane.

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I'll consider it. Thanks for the feedback.

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Please add shaco to the matchups.

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Thanks for the build carried the first game of yi in a while.

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GG for the guide. :D

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OMGGGGG SO GREATTTTT I WON EVERY GAME SINCE USING THIS BUILD IT IS AWESOMEEEE!!! RECOMMENDED!!!!
I CAN EVEN PLAY TOP AND BOT LANE NOT JUST JUNGLE! GREAT BUILD THANK YOU MANN!

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Did you try this for maximum earlygame impact? According to Lolalytics, this also has the highest Winrate in Diamond

Summoners:
Smite+Ignite

Runes:
Predator, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, Scorch

Items:
Boots of Mobility rush, Stalker's Blade - Warrior, Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, Statikk Shiv, Guardian Angle, replace Warrior with Essence Reaver, replace Boots with Ravenous Hydra

I found it very interesting and Yi gains like 20 AD from Celerity at max. Plus Predator procs on your initial Q, means you have a high burst.

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I'll give it a whirl in some games I guess, but imo warrior isn't that good and the eye ball collection even if it's fully stacked only grants 18 AD which is pretty much nothing since it's more of a late game rune that doesn't offer much late game.

I'd say a better path is going your blue smite, and going up front critical strike with an infinity edge > pd > shiv, your aim is to snowball, not delay your spikes.

Celerity is pretty strong yeah, but wouldn't ghost be better than ignite? Ignite, sure gives you damage, but having a summoner spell to escape would be better imo. Also ghost gives like 5 AD or so thanks to Celerity.

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Well, Warrior gives you the earlier powerspike since you get the AD that B.F. Sword + Pickaxe gives you 600 gold earlier. Plus you will kinda feel a little lack of AD with just IE combined then with 2 no AD items. The transition feels smoother since you actually have something in your hand before you have to build the super expensive IE. Warrior is also way easier to combine than IE.

Well, 18 AD is more damage late than 0 AD, I guess? Ehm, it is actually 20 AD, thanks to Wuju Style.^^

I feel like Ghost doesn't have a huge effect at that point anymore, Ignite would deal more damage and actually adds the healing reduction effect. I should probably also run skirmisher's sabre instead, since it matches up well with Ignite and always outdamages Stalker's Blade while giving also a defense boost.

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Well, Warrior gives you the earlier powerspike since you get the AD that B.F. Sword + Pickaxe gives you 600 gold earlier. Plus you will kinda feel a little lack of AD with just IE combined then with 2 no AD items. The transition feels smoother since you actually have something in your hand before you have to build the super expensive IE. Warrior is also way easier to combine than IE.

Well, 18 AD is more damage late than 0 AD, I guess? Ehm, it is actually 20 AD, thanks to Wuju Style.^^

I feel like Ghost doesn't have a huge effect at that point anymore, Ignite would deal more damage and actually adds the healing reduction effect. I should probably also run skirmisher's sabre instead, since it matches up well with Ignite and always outdamages Stalker's Blade while giving also a defense boost.

Warrior doesn't really work well since it's just raw AD, If you invest 1k more, you get an i.e. and can transition straight into a PD, i.e. with 20% will mean if you crit once, that will be half of the opponents bar gone, Pd will provide the AS + Damage reduction earlier.

Also zomnbie ward is better due to map control

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Really good guide, 18/8 last game, cheers!

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I dont know about anyone else,but i find this build OP as sh-t.Keep up the good work m8

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Hey,

Was curious what your reasoning for taking is in relation to the AP stat's gold inefficiency. Can you explain to me why its AP doesn't keep it from being a viable choice on Master Yi?

Sincerely, Lasoor

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Even if the item gave 0 ap, 0 ad, it would still be busted on Yi. Reasoning: 73% attack speed, 53 AD, on hit magic damage, and finally double on hit making you way too strong because of thus every on hit is multiplied by 2x, is doubled, is doubled, and due to you still having 2 item slots, you can buy 2 tank items.

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But the on-hit double is only when you have full stacks and every other basic attack. Meaning unless you time it perfectly you'll likely not get a double-double strike and you have to build the stacks up just to get the 50% basic attack on-hit double. Don't get me wrong, sounds really good on Master Yi regardless, but in my opinion I'd rather have either more life steal or lethality with that build.

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I also forgot to mention put this into perspective. Doing 8% max hp per hit, 200 true damage, 16% of current hp, 30 magic damage + aa damage thanks to one item.

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The thing is, this item is unique on master Yi due to the above reasons, but also actually only requiring 5 autos, as with other champions, you need to auto 6 times due to his counting as a stack, also this item works on towers so he gets free double strikes every 2nd rotation of double strike, so aa, aa, aa, double strike, aa double strike, aa ,aa double strike etc.

Basically, if you aa, aa, aa reset, aa, double strike, you can get the stacks almost instantly. Lethality sucks on Yi due to the fact that crit Yi exists, why go for a squishier build that does less damage and is also slightly more expensive (Pd/shiv are cheaper and offer attack speed). Alpha strike can critically strike too so...

If you do build a lethality item, is the only one that should be built against a high cc team where wouldn't help.

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Thing is you can do lethality, lifesteal, and crit all together. I do it often. You don't need more than 50% crit, but if you do more, then 70% is max you should ever need. Going over that is overkill. + + + + is a very strong item combination while also giving you more than 50% crit chance and insane base damage. The lethality allows you to do even more true damage and is better than crit early game which is when you rush Serrated Dirk.

However, lethality was just an option. I personally prefer doing 50% - 70% crit chance with infinity edge and then for the rest I get life steal. I don't view as an overpowered item on Master Yi at all because majority of his kills he won't even need it. What I mean is by the time he'd stack it the enemy is already dead so the only time it would really aid him is when he is split pushing, soloing baron(or with help), and cleaning up the enemies during a team fight. But all 3 of those he does insanely well without while also not having to build stacks up.

I will agree that works well on Master Yi, however in my opinion it is more of a full on-hit build item and it doesn't double his on-hit effects as often as you seem to think. It also doesn't do a lot for you when you're building defensive items. Again, it's for when you're building full on-hit.

Oh and here's a Diamond 1 Korean server(and NA) Master Yi main who believes lethality for jungle Master Yi is the best possible thing to rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXFE20i3xIM

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Thing is you can do lethality, lifesteal, and crit all together. I do it often. You don't need more than 50% crit, but if you do more, then 70% is max you should ever need. Going over that is overkill. + + + + is a very strong item combination while also giving you more than 50% crit chance and insane base damage. The lethality allows you to do even more true damage and is better than crit early game which is when you rush Serrated Dirk.

However, lethality was just an option. I personally prefer doing 50% - 70% crit chance with infinity edge and then for the rest I get life steal. I don't view as an overpowered item on Master Yi at all because majority of his kills he won't even need it. What I mean is by the time he'd stack it the enemy is already dead so the only time it would really aid him is when he is split pushing, soloing baron(or with help), and cleaning up the enemies during a team fight. But all 3 of those he does insanely well without while also not having to build stacks up.

I will agree that works well on Master Yi, however in my opinion it is more of a full on-hit build item and it doesn't double his on-hit effects as often as you seem to think. It also doesn't do a lot for you when you're building defensive items. Again, it's for when you're building full on-hit.

Oh and here's a Diamond 1 Korean server(and NA) Master Yi main who believes lethality for jungle Master Yi is the best possible thing to rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXFE20i3xIM

Problem with your build: Too much gold investment, you need to be quite fed since b.t, ess reaver, and i.e alone need 10k. That "cowsep" build isn't really good cus if you fall behind, you got a useless item, plus you delay bloodrazer power spike. You're also very squishy, if you get cc'd once, you're dead. I guess if you're in a lower elo bracket where they don't focus Yi, you can build what you want.

Guinsoo only takes 5 hits to stack, you can 100-0 squishies + tanks. The reason we get it is because we'll 100-0 the front line whilst waiting for the backline to get out of position. Without it, you'll do less damage and become less of a threat, if you go crit, you're squishy AF and if you miss time one , you're dead.

Also, NA player https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=vdude never goes lethality, just a bit of insight.

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Cowsep is Diamond on NA too and a very famous youtuber for being one of the best Master Yi players. He says his lethality build is better at high elo and the full crit or lifesteal builds are best in low elo.

The reason lethality can be considered optimal is simple actually. The issues you mentioned are only issues when you aren't skilled with Master Yi and those issues persist for most builds unless you spend item slots on defensive items. When you watch Cowsep play Master Yi you'll quickly see the difference between him and some bronzie. Dodges just about everything and knows exactly how to make a situation favorable to him. When you play like that you're bound to get fed. I personally am very good at playing like that because I used to main old Warwick and doing that was a necessity to use the champion right.

As for my build being expensive, that is because it is a late game build with the objective of rushing Rift Herald buff which gives him that early game burst. I normally play Top Lane Yi where I can easily dominate a lane that my teammates normally would lose.

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Cowsep is Diamond on NA too and a very famous youtuber for being one of the best Master Yi players. He says his lethality build is better at high elo and the full crit or lifesteal builds are best in low elo.

The reason lethality can be considered optimal is simple actually. The issues you mentioned are only issues when you aren't skilled with Master Yi and those issues persist for most builds unless you spend item slots on defensive items. When you watch Cowsep play Master Yi you'll quickly see the difference between him and some bronzie. Dodges just about everything and knows exactly how to make a situation favorable to him. When you play like that you're bound to get fed. I personally am very good at playing like that because I used to main old Warwick and doing that was a necessity to use the champion right.

As for my build being expensive, that is because it is a late game build with the objective of rushing Rift Herald buff which gives him that early game burst. I normally play Top Lane Yi where I can easily dominate a lane that my teammates normally would lose.

Well currently cowsep is d5 on korea with over 500 games played.

Also - https://www.op.gg/summoner/userName=cowsepinalpha

He doesn't even follow his own build most of the time.

Sure he's famous but that doesn't mean he's one of the best. There's tons of higher elo Yi players than cowsep.

Look at the trend - https://www.op.gg/summoner/userName=%EC%A0%95%ED%97%8C%ED%9D%AC

^ Korean Master player who mains Yi.

D2 korean player -

https://www.op.gg/summoner/userName=quanmintv8986561

Another high elo korean player who doesn't use lethality

- https://www.op.gg/summoner/userName=cnjshuangdi

The trend is - Nobody uses lethality, it's always bortk into situational tank item. In lower elo bracket you can get away with guinsoo even when behind. Don't get me wrong maybe they'll use it once every 10 games or so, but it isn't the way to go.

Cowsep isn't a "bad" Yi player but there's a ton of players who are MUCH better than him.

lethality is like going on hit but less damage and utility, crit = HUGE damage, but squishy, on hit = less up front damage but higher dps + tanky, lethality = in between the two but far less damage.

The edge of night nerfs make it less optimal to buy due to lower stats + weaker active, if they have cc, mercurial is better as you can activate it whenever you wish, whereas the edge of night active is harder to use because of the delay and the shield not lasting long.

Edge of night > 55 AD, 15 lethality, passive out of combat move speed

Compare to phantom dancer, phantom dancer = more attacks, more attacks = higher dps, more procs, more double strikes, critical strikes, will deal more damage due to alpha strike modifier, IN COMBAT MOVE SPEED! + 7% move speed chasing enemies + damage reduction + ghosting (Moving through units) all for less gold. If you need pen you can get thus that's my case on why it's a waste of gold.

If you buy lethality on champions like it's efficient because he doesn't have true damage, and uses abilities to do burst damage

If you skip jungle item and go straight for dirk, the only thing you gain is the slight mobility, overall, recruve bow will do more damage in a long duel due to not reducing the +15 damage passive. Lethality only being around 70% of the value when you purchase it.

If you have success with lethality, continue using it, but try out crit yi and you'll see quite big differences in damage output.

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Rushing lethality helps you get an early snowball while rushing crit doesn't do anything for you until you get infinity edge or life steal.

Lethality is also a choice that should be taken only when the enemy team comp is squishy enough to justify its use.

Also the people you linked are using the most standard Yi build. Not your build, not Cowsep's, not Silencee's, and not mine. Meaning it is very likely they aren't the type to experiment with builds, considering their build path has been used for so long now by majority of Yi players. They actually got lethality more than they got Rageblade. So it doesn't really help your case as to why Rageblade is an optimal item to take on Master Yi. But again, I do believe it is good on him; however, I disagree on how good it is.

Also when I get Lethality I personally prefer ghostblade for the extra movement speed active. Especially when I take Flash instead of Ghost. Edge of Night doesn't really do a lot for you.

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