If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several important Master Yi vs. Jhin counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Master Yi normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jhin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jhin, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Master Yi makes an ok counter for Jhin.
While Master Yi does have a higher winrate than Jhin, when facing one another, Master Yi also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Master Yi into Jhin.
Additionally, Master Yi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Jhin matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Master Yi is a decent counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Master Yi against Jhin.
To truly master Master Yi to counter Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Jhin. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Master Yi versus Jhin build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Wit's End. When Master Yi incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Jhin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Jhin with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Jhin as Master Yi, Master Yi players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Master Yi vs Jhin counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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