Rakan vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Rakan
based on 5,350 Rakan vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Master Yi
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Rakan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Rakan against Master Yi counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between this set of champions. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rakan and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Rakan or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a good counter to Master Yi.
While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Master Yi, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Master Yi.
Moreover, Rakan has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Master Yi matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Rakan is a good counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rakan in order to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Rakan versus Master Yi build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Master Yi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 52.3% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Master Yi as Rakan, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Rakan vs Master Yi battles, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.3% winrate overall.
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