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.
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Master Yi vs. Sivir counter stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Master Yi usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually wins when playing against Sivir, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Master Yi makes a great counter to Sivir.
While Master Yi does have a much higher winrate compared to Sivir, when on opposite teams, Master Yi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Master Yi into Sivir.
Furthermore, Master Yi also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Sivir matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Master Yi is a great counter to Sivir. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Master Yi against Sivir.
If you would like to truly master Master Yi in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Sivir. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Master Yi versus Sivir build include Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Sivir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Master Yi boasted an average winrate of 54.1% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Sivir as Master Yi, Master Yi players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Master Yi vs Sivir matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
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