How to win lane as Galio against Master Yi · 54.81% win rate over 312 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Galio | Level 1 is yours — Winds of War poke plus your W shield beat Yi's weak early autos with ease. |
| Level 2 | Galio | Level 2 stays Galio: your poke and natural tankiness keep him off the wave entirely. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens out — his full kit can now trade back before your cooldowns return, so stop throwing spells into nothing. |
| Levels 4-5 | Galio | Levels 4-5 are yours again: E Justice Punch into taunt hard-locks Yi and he has no answer to the full combo. |
| Level 6 | Galio | Level 6 keeps the phase Galio's — global ult pressure plus taunt lockdown outweigh anything his kit offers in lane. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item flips it to Yi: his true-damage DPS cuts straight through W's magic reduction and wins the duel. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | 2+ items stays Master Yi — he dodges Justice Punch with Alpha Strike and shreds your shields in any straight fight. |
You bully Yi from the first wave — Winds of War poke and your W shield beat his weak level 1-2 autos, so run him off the wave and take a CS lead. Level 3 briefly evens as his full kit trades back, but from 4-5 onward Justice Punch into taunt hard-locks him: every all-in you start through level 6 is yours, and your global R adds roam pressure he cannot match.
The full Galio 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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