Master Yi vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Master Yi
based on 4,853 Master Yi vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Master Yi vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Master Yi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Master Yi against Irelia matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..
Master Yi typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Master Yi and Irelia
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Who is Better, Master Yi or Irelia?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Master Yi usually wins when trying to fight Irelia, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Master Yi makes a great counter for Irelia.
While Master Yi does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Master Yi also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Master Yi into Irelia.
Furthermore, Master Yi has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Irelia 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 a great counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Master Yi against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi in order to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Master Yi versus Irelia build include Experimental Hexplate, Wit's End, and Death's Dance. When Master Yi included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Master Yi boasted an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Irelia 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 players chose for Master Yi vs Irelia LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Master Yi are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.