How to win the jungle race as Olaf against Master Yi · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Olaf's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Olaf Dominant | Undertow (Q) spam clears fast and chunks anyone who contests your buff. Alpha Strike speeds their clear, but raw duels are losers, and before either of you has a second camp down that is not an answer. Take the level-1 crossing and make Master Yi path away from the camps you want. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Olaf Dominant | Vicious Strikes (W) sustain means you leave every camp healthier than they do. There is no version of this Master Yi wins right now — Wuju Style helps the clear more than the duel, and that folds on the second camp. Show on their side of the river and take the second buff and the tempo that comes with it. |
| Level 3 Route | Olaf Dominant | Full Q-W-E with Reckless Swing true damage means nobody on the roster out-brawls this. Later in the game this bites, because Alpha Strike untargetability dodges your key spell and Wuju true damage wins long trades. But as the first scuttle timer lands none of it is online, so take the level-3 river fight and tax every camp Master Yi concedes. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Olaf Favoured — Take Duels | Through levels 4-5 you remain the stronger duelist — keep taking short, decisive trades vs Master Yi, but only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | Neither ultimate cleanly beats the other — Highlander makes him un-kitable and every takedown resets the chase, but Ragnarok's CC immunity turns every post-6 skirmish into a stat check you win. The breakpoint goes to whoever reaches it first with an objective on the map. |
| First Item Spike | Ravenous Hydra Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage, wave clear, and lifesteal multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Master Yi's first item is the start of the curve rather than a spike — his real jump is the second and third. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Danger — Master Yi Outscales | Every minute past 25 tilts toward Master Yi — he is the strongest 1v1 in the game and hard CC is the only answer left. Force your win condition early or watch it slip away slowly. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp to maximize early continuous damage via Q resets and passive attack speed. Master Yi clears very fast with Alpha Strike and Wuju Style, and he will be a level ahead if nobody interrupts him.
Ranked by the race windows in Olaf's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Olaf vs Master Yi 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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Olaf's race plan controls 5 of the 7 windows — Olaf holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Olaf's race plan controls 5 of the 7 windows, so Master Yi is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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