How to win lane as Master Yi against Yasuo · 51.27% win rate over 630 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Yasuo's Q poke and E mobility beat your bare level-1 kit. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At 2 his dash-poke pattern still out-harasses your single Alpha Strike. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens out as your resets and second point come online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay skill-decided while your attack speed ramps. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 5-6 your Double Strike DPS out-trades his shield and you dodge R setups. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item favors you: sustained DPS burns his Flow shield before he bursts you. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Late, Yasuo's crit scaling and mobility make him the safer duelist again. |
Yasuo wins levels 1-2: his Q poke and Sweeping Blade (E) dash mobility let him harass while your only tool is Alpha Strike, and Wind Wall shuts down any ranged threat you'd have (though you have none as a melee).
The full Master Yi vs Yasuo 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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