How to win lane as Graves against Master Yi · 48.99% win rate (745 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Graves's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
This is Graves's own plan; across 745 pooled games the lane is leaning Master Yi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Level 1 is Graves — double-shell autos out-damage anything he can do. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Level 2 stays yours: point-blank pellets plus True Grit stacks win the short trades. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Level 3 is Graves — Smoke Screen's slow and sight cut break any all-in he starts. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out as his lifesteal offsets your poke — a real skill window. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Level 6 is Yi's: Highlander makes him immune to slows, so Smoke Screen stops holding him off you. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is skill-dependent — your dash and reload kiting can still beat him if you pilot it cleanly. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | 2+ items is Yi's — crit scaling wins straight duels, so your answer is teamfights, not side lanes. |
You dominate the opening: double-shell autos, Buckshot bursts, and Quickdraw's armor grit win levels 1-3 outright, and Smoke Screen shuts off any all-in he tries. Chunk him every wave and take plates — build the lead while his lifesteal is weak, because from 4-5 it starts eating your poke and the free trades disappear.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Graves's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Graves 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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Master Yi, slightly — Graves wins 48.99% of 745 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Master Yi has a small statistical edge (51.01% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Master Yi has the slight edge (Graves wins 48.99%), though it stays close.
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