Master Yi with Aphelios
How to Synergize Master Yi and Aphelios
based on 4,105 Master Yi with Aphelios pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Aphelios Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Aphelios
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Master Yi Aphelios Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aphelios as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Master Yi sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Aphelios helps Master Yi perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi is an ally to Aphelios, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Aphelios doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Aphelios on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Master Yi during team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Aphelios
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Aphelios?
There is no top champion pairing for Master Yi that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Aphelios is a very typical companion for Master Yi. By locking into the same team as Master Yi, he drops their win rate by -0.5% to 50.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Master Yi and Aphelios that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means you should be careful when enlisting Aphelios teammates to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Master Yi players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Master Yi and Aphelios together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Aphelios teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to synergize with Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Master Yi and Aphelios synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 50.1% helping carry Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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