Master Yi vs Fiora — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Master Yi against Fiora · 45% win rate over 240 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Fiora is favoured — Fiora owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Master Yi's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Master Yi wins 45% of games vs Fiora in top lane (240 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1FioraFiora's level 1 Lunge and autos out-poke your feeble early trades.
Level 2FioraAt level 2 her Bladework and Riposte threat dominate short exchanges.
Level 3FioraBy level 3 her poke and parry make any commit lethal for you.
Levels 4-5FioraLevels 4-5 stay hers because Riposte cancels your burst and her vitals out-sustain you.
Level 6Master YiAt 6 Highlander lets you burst her inside a Riposte-down window, favouring you.
First itemEven / skillAt first item it's even — the fight hinges on whether you dodge or eat her parry.
Two+ itemsMaster YiWith two items your true-damage DPS wins once Riposte is on cooldown.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Fiora hard-controls levels 1 through 5: her Lunge and Bladework out-poke your weak autos, and her Riposte is a nightmare because it parries your Alpha Strike burst and stuns you, so this is a losing lane you play for farm and safety.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Master Yi vs Fiora 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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