Master Yi vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Master Yi
based on 2,675 Master Yi vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against K'Sante
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.
Advice to Win Against K'Sante
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Master Yi vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Master Yi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Master Yi vs. K'Sante counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than K'Sante. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Master Yi typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Master Yi and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Master Yi or K'Sante?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually wins when taking on K'Sante, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Master Yi makes a great counter for K'Sante.
While Master Yi does have a higher win rate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Master Yi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Master Yi into K'Sante.
Additionally, Master Yi has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs K'Sante matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Master Yi is a great counter to K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Master Yi against K'Sante.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Master Yi to counter K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi typically picks up a lot less CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Master Yi versus K'Sante build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus K'Sante than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Master Yi boasted an average winrate of 53.1% when playing against K'Sante with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating K'Sante as Master Yi, Master Yi players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Master Yi vs K'Sante fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.1% win rate overall.
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