How to win lane as Ornn against Master Yi · 51.13% win rate over 266 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ornn | Your shielded Brittle trades beat a squishy level-1 Yi — take every exchange he is foolish enough to start. |
| Level 2 | Ornn | E knock-ups and W keep the early trades yours at 2 — he cannot out-trade a combo he cannot interrupt. |
| Level 3 | Ornn | Your armour and shield sustain hold total lane control through 3 — keep him off the wave. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By 4-5 it turns skill-based — his true damage starts cutting your armour, so the free trades are over. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 his true-damage all-in beats you whenever he dodges the double knock-up — the lane tips to him. |
| First item | Master Yi | His first item lets Wuju out-DPS your tank scaling — you cannot win the sustained exchange anymore. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Late his Highlander and true damage out-scale full-tank stats while he splits away from your R — group and peel instead of chasing. |
Front-load the abuse: shield-backed Brittle trades win levels 1-3 outright and he has no interrupt for your E-Q combo. Zone him, chunk him on every wave and get your Living Forge value rolling — the lead you take right now is the buffer for a late game that will not be kind to you.
The full Ornn vs Master Yi 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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