Master Yi with Irelia
How to Synergize Master Yi and Irelia
based on 4,312 Master Yi with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Irelia Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Irelia
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 Irelia Will Play
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Master Yi Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Irelia helps Master Yi perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi is an ally to Irelia, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Irelia doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Irelia.
Moreover, when Master Yi plays with Irelia on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Master Yi during teamfights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Irelia
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no top champion pairing for Master Yi that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Irelia is a relatively poor teammate for Master Yi. By playing on the same side as Master Yi, she drops their win rate by -1.9% to 48.7%. This demonstrates that there is a negative synergy between Master Yi and Irelia that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Irelia has a greater difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players need to be careful when arranging Irelia teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting together, Master Yi players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Master Yi and Irelia together, you may not be giving your side enough crowd control. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Irelia ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Master Yi in order to work well with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Master Yi and Irelia synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 48.7% helping carry Irelia with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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