Master Yi is a Jungle carry fighter in Wild Rift, a wuju master specializing in extreme sustained DPS and teamfight clean-ups through ability resets.
Master Yi is a Jungle carry fighter in Wild Rift, a wuju master specializing in extreme sustained DPS and teamfight clean-ups through ability resets. His kit exploits true damage via Wuju Style, a temporary invulnerability meditation, and a Highlander ultimate negating slow effects and enabling unlimited resets. He excels in compositions offering mass CC that leave weakened targets for him to clean up. In Wild Rift, his Alpha Strike resets on kills allow chaining eliminations at a speed exceeding the response capacity of unprepared compositions.
Master Yi excels in compositions offering speed or attack buffs that amplify his clean-up phase. He benefits from allies who handle initial engagements and leave him only weakened targets. Reverse peel compositions — that protect Yi rather than initiate — maximize his carry potential.
Master Yi is heavily countered by chained CC compositions that interrupt his meditate and prevent him from advancing. Champions who can repeatedly slow or immobilize him neutralize his ultimate. Good vision and grouped play drastically reduce his pick opportunities.
With Master Yi, wait for enemy CC to be used before engaging — entering too early is the most common mistake. Use Alpha Strike to pass through obstacles and make repositioning unpredictable. In teamfights, your target is the most exposed carry, not the first visible enemy.
Master Yi is not mechanically complex, but a pure decision-making champion. His success depends almost entirely on his fight reading. The best Yi players don’t create action, they exploit it. In this patch, he remains an excellent pick to punish mistakes, but becomes useless against disciplined teams. It is a high-reward but conditional choice.
His true weakness is not crowd control itself, but its timing. Even with low CC, a team that saves abilities for his entry can completely shut him down. He heavily relies on enemy mistakes.
Master Yi's win rate has dropped -8.63 pts over the last 30 days, now at 39.66%. See the full Wild Rift meta trends for more biggest movers.
Play eco and avoid unfavorable duels; track enemy junglers and counter-ganke immobile lanes.
Two items = go time: look for picks on the sides and convert them into objectives.
Split if the opponent's compo has too many peels, otherwise flank and cleanup when the final defenders have fallen.
| Lvl | HP | AD | Armor | MR | Mana | HP regen | Res. regen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 630 | 54 | 40 | 38 | 345 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | 750 | 57.6 | 44.5 | 40 | 394 | 9.7 | 12.7 |
| 3 | 870 | 61.2 | 49 | 42 | 443 | 10.4 | 13.4 |
| 4 | 990 | 64.8 | 53.5 | 44 | 492 | 11 | 14.1 |
| 5 | 1,110 | 68.4 | 58 | 46 | 541 | 11.7 | 14.8 |
| 6 | 1,230 | 72 | 62.5 | 48 | 590 | 12.4 | 15.5 |
| 7 | 1,350 | 75.6 | 67 | 50 | 639 | 13.1 | 16.2 |
| 8 | 1,470 | 79.2 | 71.5 | 52 | 688 | 13.8 | 16.9 |
| 9 | 1,590 | 82.8 | 76 | 54 | 737 | 14.4 | 17.6 |
| 10 | 1,710 | 86.4 | 80.5 | 56 | 786 | 15.1 | 18.3 |
| 11 | 1,830 | 90 | 85 | 58 | 835 | 15.8 | 19 |
| 12 | 1,950 | 93.6 | 89.5 | 60 | 884 | 16.5 | 19.7 |
| 13 | 2,070 | 97.2 | 94 | 62 | 933 | 17.2 | 20.4 |
| 14 | 2,190 | 100.8 | 98.5 | 64 | 982 | 17.8 | 21.1 |
| 15 | 2,310 | 104.4 | 103 | 66 | 1,031 | 18.5 | 21.8 |
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Master Yi builds around attack speed and on-hit effects to maximize sustained damage. Lethality or crit items can complement his build depending on the enemy composition. In late game, his attack speed and resets make him one of the most effective carries for clean-up.
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Q
E
Alpha Strike to close the gap whilst remaining untargetable, auto-attack to trigger the Double Strike passive, E for true damage on hit.
E
Q
R
Activate E before Q so that Wuju Style is already active upon arrival.
R
Q
E
R for movement speed and slow immunity, Q to close the gap, full burst.
Q
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Highlander reset on kill, Q to chain targets.
Avoid frontal 5v5s without an allied peel: you're a finisher, not an engager.
Count enemy controls: enter only when 1-2 key stuns have been used.
You should almost never be the first to enter. Wait for enemy CC to be used, then enter to secure a quick kill and trigger Highlander.
Because you engage too early. Yi is extremely vulnerable on direct entry. You need to wait for enemy mistakes, not force them.
He is a finisher. He cleans up fights once enemy resources are spent.
Very rarely. Engaging with Yi is usually a mistake unless in very specific situations.
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