If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Master Yi vs. Gragas matchup statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas..
Master Yi normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Gragas. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Master Yi usually wins when trying to fight Gragas, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Master Yi makes a good counter for Gragas.
While Master Yi does have a higher win rate than Gragas, when facing one another, Master Yi also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Master Yi into Gragas.
Moreover, Master Yi also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Gragas matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Master Yi is an above average counter to Gragas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Master Yi against Gragas.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Gragas. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Master Yi versus Gragas build include Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Gragas than with many other common item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Gragas with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Gragas as Master Yi, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Master Yi vs Gragas fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gragas as Master Yi are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.