How to win lane as Master Yi against Darius · 50.25% win rate (601 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Master Yi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Darius.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | Darius's level 1 Decimate out-ranges and out-trades your weak early autos. |
| Level 2 | Darius | At level 2 his outer-blade heal and the Apprehend pull keep you off the wave. |
| Level 3 | Darius | By level 3 his Hemorrhage bleed and pull make any trade lethal for you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Darius | Levels 4-5 stay his because his full combo out-damages your pre-item kit. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Alpha Strike's untargetability answers Guillotine, though his E knockup still breaks any Meditate. |
| First item | Master Yi | At first item your attack-speed spike lets you out-DPS him in a clean fight. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | With two items your true-damage burst wins any duel where you dodge the pull. |
Darius owns levels 1 through 4-5: Decimate (Q, 9s) out-ranges your autos and the outer blade heals him, and once Apprehend lands, Hemorrhage plus his base damage deletes you long before your kit spikes.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Master Yi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Master Yi vs Darius 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 50.25% win rate over 601 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Master Yi vs Darius is a genuine skill matchup: 50.25% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Master Yi vs Darius win rate is 50.25%, an even lane decided by execution.
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