Master Yi vs Kassadin — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Master Yi against Kassadin · 53.09% win rate over 194 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Master Yi is favoured — Master Yi owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Kassadin's 2. Master Yi wins 53.09% of games vs Kassadin in top lane (194 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KassadinKassadin's Null Sphere silence edges the level-1 trade.
Level 2Even / skillBy 2 it evens as his weak pre-6 kit shows.
Level 3Master YiYour Wuju true damage crushes his level-3 lane.
Levels 4-5Master YiAt 4-5 you out-DPS him hard before Riftwalk scales.
Level 6Master YiEven at 6 his early Riftwalk can't out-trade your R.
First itemMaster YiYour first-item spike lands before his AP scaling.
Two+ itemsKassadinLate, stacked Riftwalk lets Kassadin kite your Highlander.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 Kassadin can still trade with Null Sphere's silence, but from level 2-3 onward you crush him; his pre-6 laning is famously the weakest window in the game.

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The full Master Yi vs Kassadin 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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