Master Yi vs Dr. Mundo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Master Yi against Dr. Mundo · 60.08% win rate over 258 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Dr. Mundo owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Master Yi's 2, yet the win rate favours Master Yi: survive their windows and the game is yours. Master Yi wins 60.08% of games vs Dr. Mundo in top lane (258 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Dr. MundoDr. Mundo's level 1 Infected Cleaver poke and regen beat your weak early autos.
Level 2Dr. MundoAt level 2 his slow and tankiness keep you from trading profitably.
Level 3Dr. MundoBy level 3 his Cleaver poke still out-values your pre-item damage.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 even out as your Wuju Style true damage starts biting his health stacking.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 it stays even because Highlander and Meditate let you contest his Maximum Dosage heal.
First itemMaster YiAt first item your true-damage DPS out-paces his regen and ignores his HP stacking.
Two+ itemsMaster YiWith two items you reliably kill a full Mundo because true damage bypasses everything he builds.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Dr. Mundo controls levels 1-3 by throwing Infected Cleaver to slow and poke while his passive and regen shrug off your feeble early autos; just soak XP and CS rather than trading into his tankiness.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Master Yi vs Dr. Mundo 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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