Master Yi vs Kennen — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Master Yi against Kennen · 59.43% win rate over 106 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Kennen owns 4 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 59.43% of games vs Kennen in top lane (106 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KennenKennen's shuriken poke dominates your level 1.
Level 2KennenKennen's ranged mark-stacking still controls level 2.
Level 3KennenKennen's level-3 poke and stun threat beat you.
Levels 4-5KennenKennen keeps kiting and poking through 4.
Level 6Master YiYour level-5 Wuju spike flips the isolated duel.
First itemEven / skillAt 6 his ult stun-lock keeps it skill-based.
Two+ itemsMaster YiAt 2+ items your true-damage burst deletes squishy Kennen.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Kennen owns levels 1-4: ranged Thundering Shuriken poke plus his mark-stun mean any dash-in gets you chunked and chain-stunned, so just farm and dodge shurikens.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Master Yi vs Kennen 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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