Master Yi Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Master Yi is a Fighter that highly play in Jungle Lane. View Master Yi Best builds, Runes, Matchups, and more here!

Master Yi Build Guide

Full Build

Blade of the Ruined King	Statikk Shiv	Gluttonous Greaves
Phantom Dancer	Frozen Mallet	Death's Dance

In Wild Rift Master Yi build items that increase Physical damage, attack speed, health, physical vamp, cooldown reduction, and critical rate.

Enchantment: Quicksilver is an item that Master Yi should build.

Core Items

Blade of the Ruined King

Statikk Shiv

Gluttonous Greaves

Master Yi core items are Blade of the Ruined King, Gluttonous Greaves, Phantom Dancer.

The core items increase Attack damage, attack speed, Physical vamp, and Critical rate.

Master Yi Jungle Fighter

Vayne core items are Blade of the Ruined King, Gluttonous Greaves, Phantom Dancer.

Blade of the Ruined King	Trinity Force	Gluttonous Greaves
Phantom Dancer	Bloodthirster	Infinity Edge

Recommended build from in-game.

Down below are different techniques to build on Vayne against different enemy match up.

Build Vs Assassin

Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves	Phantom Dancer
Infinity Edge	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

Build Guardian Angel to survive high damage burst by Assassin combo skills.

Build Vs Mage

Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves	Maw of Malmortius
Infinity Edge	Phantom Dancer	Guardian Angel

Build Stasis Enchant to survive mage combo skills.

Build Maw of Malmortius to get magic resist and gain shield when health are below 35%.

Build Guardian Angel to survive high damage burst by mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves	Statikk Shiv
Infinity Edge	Bloodthirster	Mortal Reminder

Build Mortal Reminder to get Armor penetration, and effectively attack tank champions.

Build Statikk Shiv to increase Attack speed, Critical rate, and movent speed.

Build Bloodthirster to increase Attack damage, and Physical Vamp.

Master Yi Crit Fighter

Blade of the Ruined King	Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Greaves
Phantom Dancer	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

Recommended build from in-game.

Master Yi Runes

The Best Wild Rift Master Yi Runes are Conqueror with Hunter-vampirism, Regeneration, and Pack Hunter.

Conqueror	Gain stacks of AD or AP when hitting a champion with separate or abilities. Stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacked, deal bonus damage to champion. (Adaptive)
Hunter Vampirism	Unique champion takedowns grant AD/AP and physical/magic vamp. (Adaptive)
Regeneration	Periodically regen your missing health or mana based on whichever percentage is lower.
Pack Hunter	Gain MS while near allies. For each unique ally you participate in a takedown with, you both gain bonus gold.

Summoner Spells

Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aim direction.
Smite	Deal 440 true damage to a large or epic monster or minion. Smiting monster restores 70 Health. Slaying 4 large monster upgrades Smite to Chilling Smite or Challenging Smite which can target enemy champions.

Master Yi Skill Guide

Skill Detail

Double Strike	Every 4th consecutive attack strikes twice 78 physical damage.
Alpha Strike	Becomes untargetable and strikes up to 4 enemies for 77 physical damage. Attack reduce the cooldown of Alpha Strike by 1 second. Deal 75 bonus damage to monsters. Can critically strike. Cooldown : 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 Mana Cost: 50 / 60 / 65 / 70
Meditate	Channels for up to 4 seconds, gaining 55% damage reduction and healing for 40 each second. Heal is increased the lower Master Yi's Health is, up to 100%. Cooldown: 25 Mana Cost: 50
Wuju Style	Passive: Gains 6 AD while Wuju Style is off cooldown. Active: Attacks deal 18 bonus true damage for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 Mana Cost: 0
Highlander	Passive: Takedowns reduce Master Yi's basic ability cooldowns by 70%. Active: Becomes immune to slows, gains 25% movement speed and 30% attack speed for 7 seconds. Takedowns extend the duration by 7 seconds. Cooldown: 85 / 75 / 65 Mana Cost: 100

Skill Order


2	3	1	5
8	6	4	9
12	11	7	13
15	14	10

Skill Combo

1. Highlander > Wuju Style > Alpha Strike.

2. Alpha Strike > > Wuju Style.

Master Yi Matchups & Partners

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
Olaf	Olaf is vulnerable when his Ragnarok or Vicious Strikes is on cooldown so use the advantage of Highlander to chase him down.
Wukong	Wukong can deal a lot of damage but he is vulnerable when his Cyclone is on cooldown. Try to use Alpha Strike to dodge his Cyclone, use this advantage when you trying to 1vs1 him.
Graves	Master Yi is a good pick to play against Graves, Both of the champion has good damage output, but you can counter Graves aggressive play by using Highlander and Alpha Strike to dodge his Collateral Damage.

Hard Counters
Tryndamere	Trydamere is the hardest Master Yi counter in Wild Rift, this champion deal very high physical damage against Master Yi. He can use his Mocking Shout to slow you down.
Jax	Jax is a great champion to counter Master Yi, He has great mobility and stun and he can punish you by using ability like Counter Strike and Leap Strike when you trying to get away from him.
Shyvana	Picking Master Yi to play against Shyvana is hard since she can outclass Master Yi in 1vs1 with her Dragons Descent, and Burnout.
Amumu	Amumu has advantage to win against Master Yi with his Despair and Curse of The Sad Mummy.
Xin Zhao	Picking Master Yi to play against Xin Zhao is hard since both of the champion has good attack damage and speed, but Xin Zhao can knock up Master Yi using his Three Talon Strike and Crescent Guard.
Evelynn	Evelynn can deal high magic damage picking Master Yi to play against Evelynn is not good, Evelynn can use her Allure to charm Master Yi.
Vi	Picking Vi to play against Master Yi is a good pick since Vi can counter Master Yi Meditate with her Vault Breaker and Assault and Battery when Master Yi trying to get away.