How to win lane as Master Yi against Graves · 51.01% win rate over 745 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves's double-shell autos out-damage you at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Buckshot (Q) plus armor stacking wins his level-2 trades. |
| Level 3 | Graves | At level 3 Smoke Screen (W) blinds and slows you out of any all-in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even as your lifesteal offsets his poke — skill window. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Highlander (R) at 6 lets you out-sustain his burst and stick on him. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is skill-dependent: his dash and reload can still kite you. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Crit scaling wins straight duels, tipping the late game to you. |
Graves wins the first three levels: his two-shell autos, Buckshot (Q) burst, and the Smoke Screen (W) blind-plus-slow let him shred you before you close, and his passive armor stacking makes any short trade favor him. Don't throw Alpha Strike (Q) into a loaded magazine — you'll just eat Buckshot and a blind.
The full Master Yi vs Graves 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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