Leona vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Leona
based on 7,474 Leona vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Master Yi
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Leona in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some vital Leona vs. Master Yi counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Master Yi. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Master Yi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Leona or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a good counter to Master Yi.
While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Master Yi, when facing one another, Leona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Master Yi.
Additionally, Leona has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Master Yi matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Leona is a good counter to Master Yi. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Master Yi. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Leona versus Master Yi build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Master Yi than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 52.8% battling Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Master Yi as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Leona vs Master Yi counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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