How to win lane as Gragas against Master Yi · 54.59% win rate over 185 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Gragas | Level 1 is yours — Barrel Roll poke rules the wave while Yi has no way to reach you. |
| Level 2 | Gragas | Level 2 stays Gragas: W sustain heals his chip and Body Slam knocks his level-2 trades away. |
| Level 3 | Gragas | Level 3 is yours — poke plus displacement makes any all-in he starts a losing one. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out as his lifesteal begins eating your poke — the skill window opens. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Level 6 is Master Yi's: Highlander DPS out-duels your cooldown-based poke in straight fights. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item stays his — lifesteal plus attack speed wins every extended fight against you. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | 2+ items is Yi's: full crit kills through W's damage reduction and out-carries you — answer with your team. |
Levels 1-3 you bully him off the map: Barrel Roll pokes from a range he cannot answer, W heals the little he lands, and Body Slam knocks any desperate all-in right back out of range. Chunk him at every wave and deny CS — the gold you take now matters, because at 4-5 his lifesteal starts drinking your poke and the free lane quietly ends.
The full Gragas 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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