Master Yi vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Master Yi
based on 7,919 Master Yi vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against Graves
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.
Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Master Yi vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Master Yi in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several significant Master Yi vs. Graves matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Graves..
Master Yi often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Graves. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Master Yi and Graves
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Who is Better, Master Yi or Graves?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually wins when facing off against Graves, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Master Yi makes a good counter for Graves.
While Master Yi does have a higher winrate than Graves, when on opposite teams, Master Yi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Master Yi into Graves.
Furthermore, Master Yi has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Graves matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Master Yi is a decent counter for Graves. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Master Yi against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Master Yi to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi typically picks up less CS relative to Graves. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Master Yi versus Graves build consist of Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Graves than with most other typical builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Graves with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Graves as Master Yi, Master Yi players should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Master Yi vs Graves fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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