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.
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Master Yi against Viktor matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..
Master Yi usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Viktor. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Master Yi usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Viktor, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Master Yi makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Master Yi does have a lower winrate than Viktor, when they face off with one another, Master Yi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Master Yi into Viktor.
Additionally, Master Yi also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Master Yi is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Master Yi against Viktor.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to counter Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Viktor. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Master Yi versus Viktor build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Viktor than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Viktor as Master Yi, Master Yi players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Master Yi vs Viktor fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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