Volibear vs Master Yi — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Volibear against Master Yi · 49.5% win rate over 200 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Volibear owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Master Yi's 2, but the win rate still favours Master Yi: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Volibear wins 49.5% of games vs Master Yi in top lane (200 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VolibearQ Thundering Smash's stun and Maul healing out-trade him from level 1.
Level 2VolibearAt 2 your empowered autos and sustain still beat his Meditate.
Level 3VolibearLevel 3 your run-down and healing keep him off the wave before items.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are even - both of you scaling with no clean kill threat yet.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 Stormbringer's shield lets you force all-ins before his spike, but Highlander kiting keeps it a skill fight.
First itemMaster YiHis first item and Wuju true damage shred you through your healing.
Two+ itemsMaster YiTwo-plus items give him true-damage melt and resets that out-scale you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-3 you own the lane: Q Thundering Smash's stun opens every trade, Relentless Storm's empowered claws out-damage his itemless autos, and W Frenzied Maul's second bite heals more than his Meditate saves - keep the pressure on and tax him for every minion he approaches.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Volibear 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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