Master Yi vs Warwick — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Master Yi against Warwick · 48.14% win rate over 295 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Warwick is favoured — Warwick owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Master Yi's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Master Yi wins 48.14% of games vs Warwick in top lane (295 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickWarwick's Q healing and ramping lifesteal out-trade you from level 1.
Level 2WarwickAt 2 his sustain still beats your Meditate in any exchange.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 his W run-down and healing keep the trades his.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevel 4 reads even as you both look for a window.
Level 6WarwickHis level 6 Infinite Duress suppress makes any commit a likely death.
First itemEven / skillLevel 6 into first item stays his — a landed R still kills you.
Two+ itemsMaster YiLate your true-damage shred out-heals-races him and wins the duel.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Warwick beats you 1-3: Jaws of the Beast (Q) heals him for a large share of the damage, his passive lifesteal ramps as you drop, and Primal Howl (W) lets him run you down. Any drawn-out trade snowballs his sustain past your Meditate, so keep exchanges short or skip them, farm at range, and don't feed his healing.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Master Yi vs Warwick 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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