Lux vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Lux
based on 19,156 Lux vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Master Yi
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some valuable Lux vs. Master Yi counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Lux typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Lux or Master Yi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually loses when facing off against Master Yi, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Lux makes a bad counter to Master Yi.
While Lux does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Master Yi.
Additionally, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux in order to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux on average accumulates more CS as Master Yi. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lux versus Master Yi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Lux included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Master Yi than with most other common builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Master Yi with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Master Yi as Lux, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Lux vs Master Yi matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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