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.
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Master Yi vs. Mordekaiser matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Mordekaiser..
Master Yi usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Mordekaiser. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually fairs equally well when playing against Mordekaiser, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Master Yi makes an ok counter to Mordekaiser.
While Master Yi does have a higher winrate compared to Mordekaiser, when facing one another, Master Yi also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Master Yi into Mordekaiser.
Furthermore, Master Yi has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting 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 Mordekaiser matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Master Yi is a decent counter to Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Master Yi against Mordekaiser.
To truly master Master Yi to counter Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Mordekaiser. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Master Yi versus Mordekaiser build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Master Yi bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Mordekaiser than with most other common item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 50.4% battling Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Mordekaiser as Master Yi, Master Yi players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Master Yi vs Mordekaiser battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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