Gwen vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Gwen
based on 3,642 Gwen vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Master Yi
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Win Against Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Gwen vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Gwen against Master Yi counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Master Yi..
Gwen normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Gwen or Master Yi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Master Yi, with a 45.5% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a poor counter to Master Yi.
While Gwen does have a much lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gwen into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Gwen is a garbage counter to Master Yi. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often accumulates much more CS as Master Yi. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Gwen versus Master Yi build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Master Yi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 45.5% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Master Yi as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Gwen vs Master Yi matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.5% win rate overall.
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