Master Yi vs Warwick
How to Beat Warwick as Master Yi
based on 10,127 Master Yi vs Warwick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs Warwick Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against Warwick
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 Warwick
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Master Yi vs Warwick Counter Stats
How to Counter Warwick with Master Yi in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Master Yi vs. Warwick counter stats that can help us explain the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Warwick’s ratio of NaN, showing that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Warwick..
Master Yi normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Warwick. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Master Yi and Warwick
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Who is Better, Master Yi or Warwick?
Both League of Legends champs 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 Warwick, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Master Yi makes an ok counter to Warwick.
While Master Yi does have a lower winrate compared to Warwick, when facing one another, Master Yi also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Master Yi into Warwick.
Moreover, Master Yi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Warwick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Master Yi is a somewhat poor counter to Warwick. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Master Yi against Warwick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Master Yi in order to counter Warwick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Master Yi versus Warwick build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Warwick than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 49.9% when countering Warwick with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Warwick as Master Yi, Master Yi players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Treasure Hunter, and Eyeball Collection runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Master Yi vs Warwick battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% winrate overall.
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