How to win lane as Karma against Master Yi · 48.79% win rate (453 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Karma's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Your ranged Inner Flame poke beats his melee level 1 — he cannot reach you. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Your empowered Q and W root still control level 2. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By 3 it evens out: he can dodge your poke with Alpha Strike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | At 4-5 his Wuju scaling pulls him ahead of you. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Highlander is 85s and slow-immune — your Q and RQ zone stop kiting him. |
| First item | Master Yi | His first-item DPS blows straight through your shield poke. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | At two-plus items his true damage deletes you — you are too squishy to survive the run-down. |
Cash in your two good levels: Inner Flame poke and the Mantra Q bully him off CS at 1-2, and the W root punishes any greedy engage. From 3 he starts dodging your poke with Alpha Strike, and by 4-5 his Wuju scaling means you should stop trading entirely and protect the lead you built.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Karma's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Karma 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 — Karma wins 48.79% of 453 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Master Yi has a small statistical edge (51.21% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Master Yi has the slight edge (Karma wins 48.79%), though it stays close.
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