How to win lane as Wukong against Master Yi · 51.46% win rate (410 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Wukong's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Wukong | Crushing Blow's armor shred and early stats beat his level-1 Alpha Strike. |
| Level 2 | Wukong | At 2 Q plus Nimbus Strike attack speed out-trades his melee. |
| Level 3 | Wukong | Level 3 gives you real kill pressure with Q shred while he still lacks resets. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | Levels 4-5 you keep out-trading with Nimbus attack speed and Q burst. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | By 6 Highlander (85s) makes him immune to slows and his resets tilt every extended trade. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is skill-dependent - your clone and Cyclone can still swing his DPS spike. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | With two items his Double Strike DPS and Wuju true damage outduel one rotation. |
Levels 1-4 you are simply the bigger monkey: Crushing Blow shreds his armor and out-trades Alpha Strike (20s at rank 1, and his own autos shorten it), Nimbus Strike's bonus attack speed wins the melee slugfests, and his pre-item kit has no answer to your Q burst - take every trade and deny CS.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Wukong's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Wukong 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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Wukong, slightly — a 51.46% win rate edge over 410 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Wukong has a small statistical edge (51.46% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Wukong has a slight edge (51.46% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
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