Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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 stats shown here show several strategic Tryndamere versus Master Yi matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Master Yi..
Tryndamere typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tryndamere usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Tryndamere makes a great counter for Master Yi.
While Tryndamere does have a higher win rate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Tryndamere into Master Yi.
Moreover, Tryndamere has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Master Yi matchups, Tryndamere is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Tryndamere is a great counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tryndamere against Master Yi.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average accumulates much more CS compared to Master Yi. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Tryndamere versus Master Yi build include Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Master Yi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 53.5% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Master Yi as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Tryndamere vs Master Yi matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.5% win rate overall.
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