How to win lane as Gnar against Master Yi · 49.77% win rate (215 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Gnar's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gnar | Level 1 is yours — Boomerang poke controls the wave and Alpha Strike, his only closer, is a 20s cooldown. |
| Level 2 | Gnar | Level 2 stays Gnar: Hyper procs and auto harass keep chipping him for free. |
| Level 3 | Gnar | Level 3 is yours — a Mega Wallop stun can burst him down before Alpha Strike is even available. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out as his lifesteal starts eating your poke — a genuine skill window. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Level 6 is Yi's: Highlander gives him the sustained DPS to out-duel you head-on. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item stays Master Yi — Wuju Style's true damage means armour buys you nothing against his attack speed. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | 2+ items is his: a crit hyper-carry out-scales your utility bruiser kit, so win with your team, not alone. |
Levels 1-3 you own him: Boomerang poke and Hyper chip control the wave, and a Mega Wallop at 3 flat-out bursts him. Alpha Strike is 20 seconds at rank 1 and he is untargetable in flight, so never spend Boomerang or Wallop into the dash — wait it out and punish the landing. Zone him off CS relentlessly, because at 4-5 Meditate starts eating the poke.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gnar's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Gnar 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.77% win rate over 215 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Gnar vs Master Yi is a genuine skill matchup: 49.77% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Gnar vs Master Yi win rate is 49.77%, an even lane decided by execution.
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