# Yuumi Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff See Yuumi counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Yuumi in League of Legends. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - Yuumi ## Page Content Enchanter · Healer · Support Prepare for battle with Yuumi — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts. ## Playstyle Profile Yuumi is a protector — defends carries by neutralizing incoming threats Teamfight Role Backline Protector Power Spike Mid game Split Threat None Backline Access Low ## Yuumi's Strengths - Keeps carries alive through burst — Yuumi's peel makes hyper-carries nearly unkillable in teamfights ## How to Play Yuumi Champion-specific pre-match tips ### Lane Phase Detach to land an auto-attack for your passive heal and shield immediately after the enemy expends a core cooldown, then quickly press W to transfer the sustain to your ally. ### Lane Phase Steer your Q around the minion wave to hit champions at maximum distance for the empowered slow and damage, holding the cast until the enemy walks away from their minion block. ### Lane Phase Tank a single tower shot deliberately while detached during a wave crash dive, then use W to drop aggro instantly onto a healthy ally. ### Mid Game Remain attached to your primary anchor during skirmishes to maximize the bonus on-hit stats from your W, only swapping targets if your anchor is about to die. ### Mid Game Detach to place wards over walls or inside bushes as your ally walks past them, pressing W immediately to snap back into safety without slowing down map rotations. ### Mid Game Cast your ult early when your anchor engages a fight, steering the waves with your mouse to slow fleeing targets and simultaneously heal your frontline. ### Late Game Swap your W to a diving frontliner right as a teamfight erupts to cast your ult across the enemy backline, then W back to your primary carry to protect them with your E. ### Late Game Hold your E until the enemy team commits their burst damage onto your anchor, utilizing the shield to absorb high-impact abilities rather than spending it early for movement speed. ### Late Game Steer your Q through unwarded jungle choke points when approaching major neutral objectives to reveal hidden enemies and apply the slow before your team enters the fog of war. For matchup-tailored tips, download Baron Buff's AI Coach & Companion App. ## Core Build Ranked from real ranked-match itemization We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher. - Shurelya's Battlesong — 2,200 - Moonstone Renewer — 2,200 - Ardent Censer — 2,200 - Echoes of Helia — 2,200 - Mikael's Blessing — 2,300 - Staff of Flowing Water — 2,250 total: 13,350 ## How to Counter Yuumi Counter strategies and draft context apply grievous wounds, dive past the frontline, or burst through their shields before they stack - Struggles against multi-angle pressure — Yuumi can't peel multiple threats at once - All-in engage supports that outpressure in lane - Champions with anti-heal in their kit or builds - Assassins that delete carries before shields apply ### Yuumi's Weaknesses - Multiple dive threats at once — Yuumi can only peel one target, and coordinated dives overwhelm the backline ## Best Synergies with Yuumi Team synergies and draft context - Hyper-carry ADCs that thrive behind Yuumi's protection — the longer fights last, the more value you get - Hyper-carry ADCs that scale with your shields and heals - Bruisers and fighters that become unkillable with your buffs - Late-game compositions that benefit from your scaling support ### Draft Context - Drafts only squishies — Yuumi can peel, but there's nothing to absorb damage in the frontline ## Learning Curve [Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Yuumi's win rate changes with mastery level Yuumi has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, and the learning curve is among the steepest in the game. Expect a long stretch of low win rates before meaningful improvement — mastering this champion demands serious commitment. Skill Cap Very High Cost of Learning Extremely High Win Rate Delta by Mastery Mastery Level | Win Rate | 1-2 | 32.5% | 3-4 | 42.8% | 5-6 | 42.8% | 7-8 | 45.4% | 9-12 * | 52.3% | 13-16 | 52.3% | 17+ | 52.3% | [← Champions](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) ## 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)