How to win the jungle race as Master Yi against Evelynn · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Master Yi's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Evelynn.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Master Yi Favoured | Alpha Strike speeds your clear, but raw duels are losers — farm, don't fight. The margin is thin: pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle, and one slow camp on your side hands the window straight back, so keep the trade short. Invade her relentlessly before six — she cannot contest and loses every straight fight. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Master Yi Favoured | Wuju Style helps the clear more than the duel; keep choosing camps over combat. Pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle, so this is an edge and not a blowout — take the level-2 skirmish only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Level 3 Route | Master Yi Favoured | Meditate buys time but wins nothing — your game starts at level six, not three, but pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle. You still win the straight exchange at the opening scuttle; keep it short, keep it decisive, and keep the scuttle line yours. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Master Yi Favoured — Take Duels | Through levels 4-5 you remain the stronger duelist — keep taking short, decisive trades vs Evelynn, but only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | Both sixes are real: Highlander's slow immunity plus Alpha resets snowball any post-6 cleanup, while Demon Shade camouflage means they choose every post-6 fight. Whoever lands their ultimate first wins the window — track the level race and never be the one caught at five and a half. |
| First Item Spike | Kraken Slayer Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage, attack speed, and on-hit multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Evelynn's first item plus camouflage is the spike that flips the matchup — the charm rotation starts killing outright. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Master Yi Favoured — Wins Late | Evelynn falls off relative to you — from two items on you win the raw stat check, even though she is invisible and lethal, and every unswept corridor is a charm into a delete. Drag the game long and force the 1v1s. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp to maximize early health sustain and red buff true damage. Evelynn clears slowly and unhealthily before six, so her early pathing is usually the safest, longest route she can take.
Ranked by the race windows in Master Yi's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Master Yi vs Evelynn report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Master Yi's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Master Yi holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Master Yi's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Evelynn is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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