How to win lane as Ryze against Master Yi · 51.89% win rate (212 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Ryze's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| 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 Alpha Strike arrives — untargetable on a 20-second cooldown, so burst spent into it is wasted and 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 Flux rotations and Rune Prison swing teamfights back to you — you out-scale where it matters. |
You bully the first two levels: Overload poke and the Rune Prison threat beat his empty early kit, and Spell Flux into the cage keeps him off the wave. Meditate is a channel on 10 seconds and your W cancels it outright — never let him heal the poke back. At 3 his kit evens it, and through 4-5 he all-ins the second your root lapses.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ryze's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Ryze, slightly — a 51.89% win rate edge over 212 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Ryze has a small statistical edge (51.89% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Ryze has a slight edge (51.89% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
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