How to win lane as Master Yi against Kassadin · 53.09% win rate (194 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 Kassadin.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kassadin | Kassadin's Null Sphere out-ranges your level-1 trade. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | By 2 it evens as his weak pre-6 kit shows. |
| Level 3 | Master Yi | Your Wuju true damage crushes his level-3 lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | At 4-5 you out-DPS him hard before Riftwalk scales. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | Even at 6 his early Riftwalk can't out-trade your R. |
| First item | Master Yi | Your first-item spike lands before his AP scaling. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | Late, stacked Riftwalk lets Kassadin kite your Highlander. |
Level 1 Kassadin trades with Null Sphere at 650 range against your 600, but from level 2-3 you crush him; his pre-6 laning is famously the weakest window in the game.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Master Yi's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Master Yi, slightly — a 53.09% win rate edge over 194 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Master Yi has a small statistical edge (53.09% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Master Yi has a slight edge (53.09% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
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