How to win the jungle race as Master Yi against Vi · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Master Yi's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Vi.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Respect Vi | A charged Vault Breaker opens with a knock-back trade you can't refuse — Master Yi has no answer to that at level 1. Vault Breaker charge poke plus the Blast Shield wins the first short trade on their half of the map too, so skip the level-1 crossing and answer the pressure cross-map. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Respect Vi | Denting Blows shred starts beating slower kits in extended exchanges, and Master Yi has no clean answer to it on the second camp — a charged Vault Breaker opens with a knock-back trade you can't refuse. Juke the Q charge behind camp walls — her pattern resets slowly when it misses, and give up the second buff rather than the kill. |
| Level 3 Route | Respect Vi | The window at the opening scuttle belongs to Vi: the full charge-engage with W shred is a clean, honest duel they slightly favor. Your own line is real — Meditate buys time but wins nothing — your game starts at level six, not three — but it arrives second here. Juke the Q charge behind camp walls — her pattern resets slowly when it misses, then give up the level-3 river fight. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Even — Farm & Track | Levels 4-5 are a stalemate vs Vi — match their clear speed, keep river vision, and bank gold for the level-6 window instead of coin-flipping. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Highlander Favoured | Highlander's slow immunity plus Alpha resets snowball any post-6 cleanup. Cease and Desist is point-click lockdown, so the margin is real but narrow: fight when your ultimate is up and Cease and Desist is the one on cooldown. |
| 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. Vi's first item is where the charge-and-shred pattern stops being a chunk and starts closing out squishier junglers. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Master Yi Favoured — Wins Late | Vi falls off relative to you — from two items on you win the raw stat check, even though she is point-and-click lockdown on whoever you least want caught. 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. Vi clears quickly with Denting Blows shred and the passive shield keeps her healthy, so she paths without recalling early.
Ranked by the race windows in Master Yi's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Master Yi vs Vi 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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No clear favourite — Master Yi holds 3 windows, Vi 3, the rest are even.
Yes — Master Yi vs Vi plays as a skill matchup: the jungle race swings window to window, and the better first clear usually sets the tone.
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