Master Yi vs Lee Sin
How to Beat Lee Sin as Master Yi
based on 5,410 Master Yi vs Lee Sin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against Lee Sin
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 Lee Sin
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Master Yi vs Lee Sin Counter Stats
How to Counter Lee Sin with Master Yi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Master Yi vs. Lee Sin matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..
Master Yi usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lee Sin. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Master Yi and Lee Sin
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Who is Better, Master Yi or Lee Sin?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Master Yi usually wins when facing off against Lee Sin, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Master Yi makes a good counter for Lee Sin.
While Master Yi does have a higher winrate compared to Lee Sin, when they face off with one another, Master Yi also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Master Yi into Lee Sin.
Additionally, Master Yi also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Lee Sin 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 late stage team fights.
Master Yi is an above average counter to Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Master Yi against Lee Sin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Master Yi in order to counter Lee Sin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Master Yi versus Lee Sin build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Death's Dance, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Lee Sin than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Lee Sin with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Lee Sin as Master Yi, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Master Yi vs Lee Sin LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.
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