Shaco vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Shaco
based on 6,619 Shaco vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Core Shaco Items
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Master Yi
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Advice to Win Against Master Yi
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.
Shaco vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Shaco in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Shaco against Master Yi matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Shaco often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Master Yi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shaco and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Shaco or Master Yi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a good counter for Master Yi.
While Shaco does have a higher winrate than Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Shaco into Master Yias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Shaco also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Master Yi matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Shaco is a decent counter for Master Yi. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Master Yi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco
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How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Master Yi Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco usually gets a similar amount of CS as Master Yi. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Shaco versus Master Yi build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Shaco included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Master Yi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shaco had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Master Yi with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Master Yi as Shaco, Shaco players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Shaco vs Master Yi face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Shaco are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.