How to win lane as Riven against Master Yi · 52.28% win rate (285 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Riven's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Riven | Your level-1 Q mobility and trade stats beat him outright before he has anything online. |
| Level 2 | Riven | Ki Burst at 2 cancels Meditate outright — his channel heal dies to your stun. |
| Level 3 | Riven | At 3 the full Q-W-E combo lets you all-in and win whenever you choose. |
| Levels 4-5 | Riven | Through 4-5 Wuju Style adds true damage on 14s — trade in bursts, never long. |
| Level 6 | Riven | At 6 your R spike keeps the kill pressure over his — the all-in threat is yours. |
| First item | Even / skill | Highlander is 85s and makes him slow-immune — your Q3 knockback still lands on him. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Late his sustained DPS and R resets out-scale and delete you — answer with grouping and CC. |
You beat him at every stage of laning: level-1 Q mobility and stats win outright, and from level 2 Ki Burst does double duty — it is a stun and it cancels Meditate, so his 10s channel heal never completes if you save the stun for it. Through 4-5 keep the trades short: Wuju Style puts true damage on his autos every 14s.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Riven's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Riven 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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Riven, slightly — a 52.28% win rate edge over 285 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Riven has a small statistical edge (52.28% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Riven has a slight edge (52.28% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
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