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Choose Champion Build:
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MASTER YI JUNGLE ON-HIT
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MASTER YI JUNGLE CRIT
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ASSASSIN/ONE SHOT YI
Recommended Items
Runes: STANDARD
1
2
Precision
Domination
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
1
2
3
4
Flash
Smite
Items
Ability Order
Double Strike (PASSIVE)
Master Yi Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Kha'Zix
Taric
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Taric
Champion Build Guide
PROS/ CONS
Pros
+ High Mobility with Q


+ High Carry and 1v9 potential
+ Easy dodging with Q

+ Good jungle clear
+ Tank shredder with E

+ Build Flexibility
+ Strong Splitlush
+ Late game 1v1 monster
Cons
- Lack of CC and very vulnerable against it
- Weak early game with only lvl 2-3 being strong
- Squishy
- Hard to recover a bad start
- Requires a lot of practice to get a good Q

RUNES
Oh-Hit Yi












Crit Yi



SPELLS

A solid option, if you are in doubt just go for it. Great utility for engage, disengage and dodging skillshots. It is my go to for the majority of games.

Very situational when in need for dueling power and a dominate early game. Can be an option against enemies with lots of healing but still gets outshined by



Preferable in high elos (diamond and diamond+) where players really know how to use it to it's full potential and make plays around the map.

Standard for every jungler. Definitely go for it when jungling, don't be a troll.
JUNGLE TIPS
Do not force ganks except if you really need to (for example, placing a rift and getting the gold from the plates). You mainly want to powerfarm but do not think ganks of a way to mess up your clear and disdain them. You maybe get a kill or if not, you will get exp for sure and some gold that you will tax from the lane minions. Usually if you do not get the kill get some minions but if you do get the kill it would be better to not touch any of them (unless your laner asks to) to prevent them from tilting.
Save your Q
Alpha Strike for when the enemy flashes or uses his escape or to dodge important skillshots. Usually try to flank the enemy and just walk up to them.
When the enemy jungler reveals himself, you can counter-jungle the opposite quadrant. Or when they die you can sneak steal his buffs and make him really frustrated. Also, you can leave one small
Murk wolf or one small
Raptor or from the 2 original
Krugs the small one to prevent the camp from respawning. This way you mess up his camp sequence and leave him behind as far as gold and exp are concerned. When the enemy jungler goes to that camp he will have to kill the small monster for little exp and gold and wait until the camp respawns again to take full advantage. If you can do this in his red buff quadrant, he will have 2 camps stalled and his buff missing, and he will be quite upset. If you get ahead of the enemy jungler you can start counter-jungling even without him revealing themselves. You will have level advantage and thus stronger smite to steal away camps. Or you can just 1v1 them in their own jungle and make them go AFK after. But be very careful about lane priority since getting collapsed and shut down can be detrimental. So do not get cocky.
Always check for enemies who shove waves into your tower when your laners are missing (dead or recalling). These minions are wasted and why not take advantage of some free gold and exp.
If you get ahead of the enemy jungler you can start counter-jungling even without them revealing themselves. You will have level advantage and thus stronger smite to steal away camps. Or you can just 1v1 them in their own jungle and make them go AFK after. But be very careful about lane priority since getting collapsed and shut down can be detrimental. So do not get cocky.
A very helpful way to look at lanes is to unbind the option “Select Ally 1”, “Select Ally 2” etc. from the F-keys (F1, F2, F3, F4) and bind them in easier to press keys to be able take glances at your laners and gather info about the lane state, if it is gankable, etc.
When counter jungling try to place some form of vision deep into the jungle to be able to keep track of the enemy jungler, while protecting your team and giving you the opportunity to spot him and make some sort of play around the map either is an objective, a dive or even a simple gank.
Save your Q

When the enemy jungler reveals himself, you can counter-jungle the opposite quadrant. Or when they die you can sneak steal his buffs and make him really frustrated. Also, you can leave one small



Always check for enemies who shove waves into your tower when your laners are missing (dead or recalling). These minions are wasted and why not take advantage of some free gold and exp.
If you get ahead of the enemy jungler you can start counter-jungling even without them revealing themselves. You will have level advantage and thus stronger smite to steal away camps. Or you can just 1v1 them in their own jungle and make them go AFK after. But be very careful about lane priority since getting collapsed and shut down can be detrimental. So do not get cocky.
A very helpful way to look at lanes is to unbind the option “Select Ally 1”, “Select Ally 2” etc. from the F-keys (F1, F2, F3, F4) and bind them in easier to press keys to be able take glances at your laners and gather info about the lane state, if it is gankable, etc.
When counter jungling try to place some form of vision deep into the jungle to be able to keep track of the enemy jungler, while protecting your team and giving you the opportunity to spot him and make some sort of play around the map either is an objective, a dive or even a simple gank.
EARLY GAME
As
Master Yi your main goal is to snowball hard into mid-late game. Start the game by farming, try to sync your camps to maximize the gold/exp outcome. You can solo drakes pretty easily though i dont recomend it before 11 minutes due to the fact that you will be very weak and will take a lot of time and resources. After 11' you can solo them without losing too much time and messing up your farm. Also try to track the enemy jungler and counterjungle for more gold/exp. Exp if you see enemy jugler top go counter-jungle bot and vice versa but be careful about lane priorities. Once you get your Kraken Slayer
Kraken Slayer you start dealing some serious damage and will be able to melt epic monsters like herald, drake and baron. Also try to contest
Rift scuttlers as they provide a nice boost of gold and exp in the main pool that the clear provides. Be careful though not to over-contest the Crab as this can lead to your death and thus get shut down early. Watch out for laners rotation/roam and also dont risk it against early game monsters like
Graves,
Rek'Sai.





MID-LATE GAME
As the laning phase ends you can either start joining fights ans follow up your teams engage with an R to dive into the backline. Or you can abuse the fact that you can easily 1v1 or 1v2 a lot of champions and go split pushing. But you are the jungler (and i hope you do not take
Teleport with you) so the enemy could force a 4v5 fight and take
Baron Nashor or
Elder drake or
Drakes overall. So be careful not to split too far away or not to split at all.
In mid to late game you start taking the game in your hands (and back) so you got to be careful not to take risky fights. Let your team peel and flank from behild to wreck enemy backline. Look for fed/squishy targets and eliminate them. Then go for the tanks and gg.
Try to perfect your reflexes using Q
Alpha Strike to dodge high damage abilities and CC. Once you get 2-3 times you can also solo or duo baron but this has to be done very precisely and in communication with your team. Also try to do it when all your team is alive so everybody benefits from it. Also you wanna start working towards the dragon soul as it is very beneficial to Yi no matter which one you get. You need everything you can get to help you survive when you dive the enemy backline.




In mid to late game you start taking the game in your hands (and back) so you got to be careful not to take risky fights. Let your team peel and flank from behild to wreck enemy backline. Look for fed/squishy targets and eliminate them. Then go for the tanks and gg.
Try to perfect your reflexes using Q

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