Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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 provided here show several critical Renekton vs. Master Yi matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi..
Renekton often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Master Yi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Renekton usually loses when trying to fight Master Yi, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes a poor counter to Master Yi.
While Renekton does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Renekton into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Renekton also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Renekton is a somewhat poor counter for Master Yi. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Renekton against Master Yi.
To truly master Renekton to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton typically picks up much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Renekton versus Master Yi build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Renekton bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Master Yi than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Renekton had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Master Yi as Renekton, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Renekton vs Master Yi LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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