How to win lane as Ryze against Master Yi · 51.89% win rate over 212 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ryze | Your Overload poke and Rune Prison root threat beat him at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Ryze | Your W root into the E combo keeps him off you entirely at 2. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At 3 his full basic kit arrives — Alpha Strike dodges your damage and his burst answers yours, so trades even out. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | Through 4-5 he all-ins whenever your W root is down and wins — his stage. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 your Realm Warp is utility while his Highlander duels — the kill pressure stays his. |
| First item | Master Yi | With his first item he Alpha Strikes through your combo and out-DPSes you 1v1. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Late your shielded burst and W root swing teamfights back to you — you out-scale where it matters. |
You bully the first two levels: Overload poke backed by the Rune Prison threat beats his empty early kit, and the root-into-E combo keeps him off the wave. At 3 his full kit evens it, and through 4-5 he wins by all-inning the second your root is down — so track that cooldown and give ground when it lapses.
The full Ryze 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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