# Master Yi Counters Who counters Master Yi? Best and worst picks against Master Yi by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Master Yi in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) ## Page Content [Master Yi guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) [Play against Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/how-to-play-against/) [Master Yi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/counters/) Best and worst picks against Master Yi in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Jax, Rammus and Amumu beat Master Yi most often. Zed, Kha'Zix and Talon win the laning phase against Master Yi by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Master Yi Highest win rate versus Master Yi in Jungle. - 1 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 992 games 55.8% - 2 [Rammus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rammus/) 1,550 games 55.4% - 3 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 812 games 54.7% - 4 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 671 games 54.5% - 5 [Sejuani](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sejuani/) 644 games 54.5% - 6 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 943 games 53.5% - 7 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 488 games 53.5% - 8 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 1,297 games 52.9% - 9 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 815 games 52.8% - 10 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 502 games 52.6% - 11 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 2,483 games 52.4% - 12 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 648 games 52.3% - 13 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 1,337 games 52.2% - 14 [Elise](https://baronbuff.com/champions/elise/) 689 games 52.1% - 15 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 1,144 games 51.7% ## Worst picks against Master Yi Lowest win rate versus Master Yi in Jungle. - 1 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 635 games 39.5% - 2 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 794 games 39.8% - 3 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 121 games 43.0% - 4 [Nunu & Willump](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nunu/) 438 games 44.3% - 5 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 255 games 45.5% - 6 [Jarvan IV](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/) 1,270 games 46.2% - 7 [Kindred](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kindred/) 715 games 46.3% - 8 [Kayn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/) 2,329 games 46.7% - 9 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 199 games 47.2% - 10 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 293 games 47.4% - 11 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 1,255 games 47.5% - 12 [Lillia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lillia/) 1,205 games 47.6% - 13 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 3,024 games 47.8% - 14 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 1,012 games 47.9% - 15 [Bel'Veth](https://baronbuff.com/champions/belveth/) 594 games 48.0% ## Best lane counters vs Master Yi Largest gold lead over Master Yi at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 159 games +363 - 2 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 464 games +334 - 3 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 274 games +263 - 4 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 124 games +222 - 5 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 712 games +199 - 6 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 605 games +165 - 7 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 789 games +125 - 8 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 218 games +122 - 9 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 384 games +64 - 10 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 164 games +61 - 11 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 987 games +53 - 12 [Nidalee](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/) 121 games +42 - 13 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 963 games +38 - 14 [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) 958 games +18 - 15 [Evelynn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/evelynn/) 231 games +3 ## How to play against Master Yi Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Hold dashes or Flash until after his Q so he cannot follow your escape. - Keep early trades near your turret when he is on your side of the map. - Save hard CC for the moment he exits Q or commits with R. - Wait out W before spending burst so his damage reduction does not waste your kill window. - Layer CC instead of dumping it all at once; one clean reset can let him wipe the fight. ## Where Master Yi is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Master Yi must enter melee range to deal damage, so layered hard CC stops his reset chain. - Master Yi offers little utility before kills happen, making failed cleanup attempts leave his team without control. ## Master Yi counters: questions ### Who counters Master Yi in Jungle? At Gold+, Jax (55.8%), Rammus (55.4%) and Amumu (54.7%) have the highest win rates against Master Yi. ### Who does Master Yi counter? Master Yi wins most often against Zed (39.5%), Rengar (39.8%) and Taliyah (43.0%). ### Who wins lane against Master Yi? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Zed (+363), Kha'Zix (+334) and Talon (+263) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Master Yi. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Zed counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters/) - [Kha'Zix counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)