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Spells:
Exhaust
Smite
Ability Order
Double Strike (PASSIVE)
Master Yi Passive Ability
Introduction
One advantage of Master Yi rather than other ad carries is that his ultimate Highlander gives him almost unmatchable speed and attack speed boosts and he cannot be slowed, but can still get stunned or supressed.
I take these so I can take a bit of punishment while dealing massive damage even through armoured foes.
Master Yi does differ to most of my other junglers, as I usually use Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed, but these are only effective with a CC jungler IMO, such as Alistar, Nautilus or Udyr.
With the remaining 9 skill points, I refrain from the utility tree, even increased buff duration and invest in defense, as this allows a safer and easier jungle. I also take improved smite for added gold, although this is just personal.
I then take Berserker's Greaves and build a Phage for increased gank potential.
I then take a B. F. Sword on my way to Infinity Edge and then transition into Bloodthirster for extra sustain and damage.
Phantom Dancer adds critical chance, move speed and attack speed and then finish off the Frozen Mallet to tank up and increase your damage.
Finish up by selling of Wriggle's Lantern, as it isn't as good late game. Instead, look to build a Guardian Angel.
Madred's Bloodrazor: If the enemy team stacks health, this can counter them
Black Cleaver: With flat armour reduction, if the enemies have low armour, this is a good choice (see my Swain guide, chapter " Abyssal Mask vs Void Staff" for more information regarding flat and % reduction.
Atma's Impaler: Can give you some decent damage, as well as critical chance and importantly some armour
Maw of Malmortius: A good item now, the passive is very nice and can save you in a pinch, also adds some nice damage.
If you are too low on health to continue jungling due to a bad leash, early gank attempt or some other unfortunant unforseen event, taking Meditate at level 2 will grant you a safe, albeit slower, jungle route whereas, with a good leash or if the bonus damage applies you can take Wuju Style for a faster jungle and more potent ganks.
Maxing Wuju Style first gives you a guaranteed fast jungle and very strong autoattacks, and Alpha Strike gives burst magic damage and a very fast medium to take out groups of creeps.
Level up Highlander whenever it is available.
Exhaust is my second preference, Master Yi has no inbuilt cc, and I refrain from building frozen mallet as I rather keep my damage high, and as such taking exhaust gives me cc for late fights and to control my opponents during ganks, hopefully enough to make them fall.
Flash is my favourite summoner spell in general, it is a very useful initiating, chasing or escaping tool however, I think that smite and exhaust are more vital for a jungler without any crowd control effects.
Ghost is a useful spell, however without any crowd control and with Highlander, I consider it unneccessary and essentially useless.
My ranked stats with this build are shown in this picture below
During the Midgame, Alpha Strike minion camps and then continue to attack with Wuju Style passive, keep farmed but also look to help your team and gank whenever you can. Also look to kill the dragon and baron whenever appropriate, and always finish with Smite just incase of wards and killsteal attempts.
You can also view the map below to see my suggested route
Master Yi is not an extremely potent ganker as aforementioned, he has heavy damage but lacks CC except for Exhaust and as such is partner dependant. Always keep farming, but ensure that you are giving appropriate help wherever needed and go to help lanes in trouble, such as defending turrets from minion waves, holding lanes and ganking to deprive opponents of farm and set up their lane opponent with an easier time.
Due to your lack of CC you should always obtain Red Buff before ganking whenever possible.
You should also have Double Strike ready, have enough mana and save Alpha Strike for after a flash if they have it, unless you need to quickly close the gap first or it will kill them.
Also, activating Wuju Style gives you a nice damage boost and should always be used when ganking.
Instead, you should gank fast and try to kill them, even if they don't die, they'll still be put at a disadvantage, and you can continue farming which is beneficial as you are of most use late game as an assassin fighter, and you are very item dependent.
Get out there, have fun and own with The Quick Killer - Master Yi.
Also, check out my Swain guide, it got a massive revamp, and is very informative now.
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