How to win lane as Master Yi against Riven · 47.72% win rate (285 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 Riven.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Riven | Riven's level 1 Q mobility and trade stats beat you outright. |
| Level 2 | Riven | Ki Burst (W) arrives at 2 and its stun cancels your Meditate channel. |
| Level 3 | Riven | At level 3 her full Q-W-E combo lets her all-in and win. |
| Levels 4-5 | Riven | Through level 4 her shielded burst still overwhelms your poke. |
| Level 6 | Riven | At 6 Blade of the Exile keeps her kill pressure over yours. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first item plus Highlander (R) makes the fight a skill duel. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Late game your sustained DPS and R resets out-scale and delete Riven. |
Riven dominates levels 1-4: her Broken Wings (Q) mobility, Ki Burst (W) stun, and Valor (E) shield let her engage and win every trade, and you have no sustain answer to her shielded burst. Farm carefully, respect her all-in the moment her Q is charged, and don't die repeatedly.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Master Yi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Master Yi vs Riven 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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Riven, slightly — Master Yi wins 47.72% of 285 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Riven has a small statistical edge (52.28% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Riven has the slight edge (Master Yi wins 47.72%), though it stays close.
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