Master Yi vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Master Yi
based on 5,350 Master Yi vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Master Yi vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Master Yi in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Master Yi vs. Rakan counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Master Yi often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Rakan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Master Yi and Rakan
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Who is Better, Master Yi or Rakan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually loses when trying to fight Rakan, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Master Yi makes a poor counter for Rakan.
While Master Yi does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Master Yi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Master Yi into Rakan.
Additionally, Master Yi also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Master Yi is a terribly counter to Rakan. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Master Yi against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Master Yi to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Rakan. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Master Yi versus Rakan build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Rakan than with most other typical builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Rakan as Master Yi, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Master Yi vs Rakan LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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