Master Yi vs Renekton — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Master Yi against Renekton · 54.91% win rate over 428 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Renekton owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Master Yi's 3, yet the win rate favours Master Yi: survive their windows and the game is yours. Master Yi wins 54.91% of games vs Renekton in top lane (428 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1RenektonRenekton's level 1 Q fury heal and early trade stats beat you outright.
Level 2RenektonHis Ruthless Predator (W) stun comes online and locks you at level 2.
Level 3RenektonAt level 3 his Slice and Dice (E) mobility lets him win every trade.
Levels 4-5RenektonThrough level 4 his fury sustain still out-values your Alpha Strike poke.
Level 6Master YiAt level 5 your Highlander (R) and approaching item flip kill pressure to you.
First itemMaster YiWith your first item you Alpha Strike through his kit and out-DPS him.
Two+ itemsMaster YiLate game you out-scale hard and R resets snowball you through Renekton.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Renekton runs levels 1-4: his Ruthless Predator (W) stun, fury-empowered Cull the Meek (Q) self-heal, and double Slice and Dice (E) dashes let him engage, out-trade, and disengage at will. Play for CS, never fight into his stun, and avoid getting chunked below all-in range.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Master Yi vs Renekton 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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