How to win lane as Darius against Master Yi · 49.75% win rate over 601 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | Darius owns level 1 — Decimate out-ranges and out-trades his weak early autos, and the outer blade heals back his scratches. |
| Level 2 | Darius | Level 2 stays yours: the outer-blade heal plus Apprehension threat keeps him off the wave and starved. |
| Level 3 | Darius | Level 3 is yours — Hemorrhage stacking and the pull make any trade he takes potentially lethal. He farms at your pleasure. |
| Levels 4-5 | Darius | Levels 4-5 stay Darius's: your full combo out-damages his pre-item kit in every committed exchange. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 goes even — Meditate and Alpha Strike let him survive the burst and slip your Guillotine setups. The free kills end here. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item is Master Yi's: his attack-speed spike out-DPSes you in a clean fight. Never fight clean — open with the pull or don't open at all. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Two-plus items stay his — true-damage burst wins any duel where he dodges the E. You need the pull, minion cover, or teammates; he just needs a straight line. |
Stomp the door shut early. Decimate's outer blade out-ranges and out-heals anything he does at 1, level 2 adds the Apprehension threat that keeps him off the wave entirely, and by 3 one pull means a stacked bleed he can't sustain through. Zone him off every CS and force the lane so far ahead his scaling arrives late.
The full Darius vs Master Yi report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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