Brand vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Brand
based on 11,254 Brand vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Master Yi
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Advice to Win Against Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Brand vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Brand in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Brand vs. Master Yi counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi..
Brand usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Master Yi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Brand or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually fairs equally well when facing off against Master Yi, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Brand makes an ok counter to Master Yi.
While Brand does have a lower winrate than Master Yi, when facing one another, Brand also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Master Yi.
Additionally, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Brand is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Brand against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand usually racks up more CS as Master Yi. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Brand versus Master Yi build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Master Yi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Master Yi as Brand, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Brand vs Master Yi LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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