Master Yi

the Wuju Bladesman

FighterAssassinGeneral kit and base stats · version 16.19.1

Double Strike

Every few consecutive basic attack, Master Yi strikes twice.

Passive · no active cost or cooldown

Base statistics

Mana

Health: 640
Resource: 251
Armor: 33
Move speed: 355
Attack damage: 65
Attack speed: 0.679

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Game plan · Jungle

Farm, isolate, extend, convert

Plan overview

Start with a conditioned full clear unless a lane offers a clear overextension without a reliable escape or your level-3 matchup and lane priority justify a shorter route. Basic attacks reduce Alpha Strike's cooldown, so time spent farming also prepares Yi's entry and follow-up. Around each objective, clear toward that side roughly 60–90 seconds early, establish vision with allies, preserve Smite, and commit only with numbers or a clear cross-map trade. In mid game, choose camps and waves that keep you near the next appointment. When ahead, invade behind confirmed priority and convert takedowns into camps, towers, or Baron. When behind, take uncontested resources, mirror the enemy, and avoid equal-looking duels that are actually worse.

Plan by phase

Build the first takedown window

0:00–8:00, or until the first clear and the three-Voidgrub spawn at 8:00; change plans when a lane presents a clear overextension or the enemy jungler appears cross-map.

Your first job is to complete a conditioned clear and reach a state where repeated basic attacks can matter. Prefer a full clear when lanes lack setup, you do not win the early river duel, or your team cannot follow. Break the route for a gank only when the enemy is overextended without a reliable escape or a wave is crashing. At the first objective opportunity, arrive with Smite and a nearby lane that can move; if not, trade rather than coin-flipping. When ahead, use the clear to pressure the side with priority; when behind, protect the camp cycle and avoid forcing the river.

Game situations

Choose a situation

Path

Path for your first real fight, not your first hope

If your lanes lack reliable crowd control or cannot arrive for a river fight, and your level-3 duel is uncertain, choose a conditioned full clear toward the side of your strongest lane. After the clear, contest Scuttler at its 2:55 spawn only with usable health and nearby priority; otherwise reset or take the visible camp cycle. If a lane presents an overextended target without a reliable escape before the clear ends, break the route only when the gank can create a meaningful attack window.

With Master Yi

If Master Yi is on your team, create the first safe opening rather than demanding that he start the fight. Hold or apply crowd control to the enemy's key response, then let Yi enter when a low or isolated target can plausibly produce a Highlander extension. A brief layer of follow-up is more valuable than a speculative chase.
If you are a laner near Yi's route, push the adjacent wave before asking for Scuttler, an invade, or an objective. If the enemy is forced to collect the wave, Yi gains a safer path and your rotation arrives first; if your lane cannot move, signal the trade instead of contesting the river by default.
If Yi is ahead, feed the lead into tangible map gains: help him secure the enemy camp, cover his exit, or escort the wave to a tower. If he is behind, give him safe camp access and let him enter second while the team protects the carry; forcing him to duel the fed enemy removes the comeback window.

Identity, strengths and limits

Farm until the fight can chain

JUNGLE · RESET SKIRMISHER

Master Yi is a mana-using skirmisher who converts time, repeated basic attacks, and safe target selection into a reset-driven fight. Double Strike and basic attacks reduce Alpha Strike's cooldown, while Alpha Strike briefly makes him untargetable and can damage monsters, giving him a farming and entry tool. Wuju Style adds true damage to attacks; Meditate restores health and reduces damage while creating a pause window; Highlander supplies movement and attack speed, ignores slows while active, and extends after champion kills or assists. He is not a blind-engage tank or an early-gank obligation: he wants isolated targets, a plausible takedown, and enough time to attack.

Strengths

Repeated attacks reduce Alpha Strike's cooldown, giving Yi sustained access to farming and skirmish tempo.
Alpha Strike can make his entry untargetable and deals bonus physical damage to monsters, supporting selective camp and objective pressure.
Wuju Style adds true damage to basic attacks, so extended attacks remain threatening into armor-focused opponents.
Highlander increases movement and attack speed, ignores slows while active, and can extend through champion kills or assists.
Meditate creates a restore-and-damage-reduction window when a fight pauses or the next target is not yet available.

Limits and risks

Forcing an early gank into a full-health lane with Flash gives up camps without creating a credible takedown window.
Starting an objective while the enemy jungler is alive, unseen, and able to enter turns your lead into a blind Smite contest.
Entering first into layered crowd control makes Alpha Strike and Highlander defensive buttons instead of a reset engine.
Continuing a duel after the target becomes unreachable or the team loses access to another takedown leaves Yi attacking without a plausible Highlander extension.
Invading without nearby lane priority can turn one stolen camp into a death, lost camps, and the next objective.

One idea for your next game

For the next game, make every first attack answer one question: can this target give you a champion takedown or assist while Highlander is active? Before entering, check whether the enemy is isolated or low, whether your team can absorb the first crowd-control response, and whether Alpha Strike can avoid the decisive spell. If the answer is no, keep farming or reposition. Your goal is not to start more fights; it is to enter fewer, higher-quality fights where Highlander can extend and basic attacks can reduce Alpha Strike's cooldown.

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Champion lore

Master Yi has tempered his body and sharpened his mind, so that thought and action have become almost as one. Though he chooses to enter into violence only as a last resort, the grace and speed of his blade ensures resolution is always swift. As one of the last living practitioners of the Ionian art of Wuju, Yi has devoted his life to continuing the legacy of his people—scrutinizing potential new disciples with the Seven Lenses of Insight to identify the most worthy among them.

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