Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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 some critical Ziggs versus Master Yi counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Ziggs usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Master Yi. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when facing off against Master Yi, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Ziggs makes a bad counter to Master Yi.
While Ziggs does have a much lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Ziggs into Master Yi.
Additionally, Ziggs also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a trash counter for Master Yi. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ziggs against Master Yi.
To truly master Ziggs 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs often accumulates much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Ziggs versus Master Yi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Master Yi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing against Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Master Yi as Ziggs, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Ziggs vs Master Yi face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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