How to win lane as Gragas against Master Yi · 54.59% win rate (185 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Gragas's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| 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 — his lifesteal eats poke, but Body Slam still cancels a 10s Meditate. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Level 6 is his: Highlander is 85s and makes him slow-immune, so Barrel Roll stops kiting him at all. |
| 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 850 where he cannot answer, Drunken Rage heals the little he lands, and Body Slam knocks any desperate all-in back out of range. Wait for him to start Meditate, then stun it — the channel dies and his sustain with it. Deny CS now, because at 4-5 his lifesteal starts drinking your poke and the free lane ends.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gragas's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Gragas, slightly — a 54.59% win rate edge over 185 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Gragas has a small statistical edge (54.59% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Gragas has a slight edge (54.59% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
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