Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Lillia against Master Yi matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Master Yi..
Lillia often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lillia usually fairs equally well when playing against Master Yi, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Lillia makes an ok counter for Master Yi.
While Lillia does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Lillia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lillia into Master Yias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Lillia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Lillia is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lillia against Master Yi.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lillia to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lillia on average accumulates more CS as Master Yi. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Lillia versus Master Yi build include Liandry's Anguish, Cosmic Drive, and Demonic Embrace. When Lillia used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Master Yi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lillia had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Master Yi as Lillia, Lillia players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Lillia vs Master Yi face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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