Talon vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Talon
based on 4,040 Talon vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Master Yi
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Talon vs. Master Yi matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Talon usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Talon or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when playing against Master Yi, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a bad counter for Master Yi.
While Talon does have a lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Master Yias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Talon against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon often accumulates much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Talon versus Master Yi build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Talon combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Master Yi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Master Yi as Talon, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Talon vs Master Yi fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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