Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Mordekaiser against Master Yi counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Master Yi..
Mordekaiser normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually fairs equally well when facing off against Master Yi, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Mordekaiser makes an ok counter to Master Yi.
While Mordekaiser does have a lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Mordekaiser also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Mordekaiser into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Mordekaiser also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Master Yi 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 allies during team fights.
Mordekaiser is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Mordekaiser against Master Yi.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Mordekaiser to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser on average picks up much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Mordekaiser versus Master Yi build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Master Yi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Master Yi as Mordekaiser, Mordekaiser players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Mordekaiser vs Master Yi LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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