Taric vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Taric
based on 1,843 Taric vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Master Yi
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Taric vs. Master Yi counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between these two champions. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Master Yi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Taric usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Master Yi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Taric or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when facing off against Master Yi, with a 52.7% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a good counter to Master Yi.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Master Yi.
Moreover, Taric has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Taric vs Master Yi matchups, Taric 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.
Taric is an above average counter for Master Yi. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often gets a similar amount of CS as Master Yi. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Taric versus Master Yi build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Master Yi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 52.7% when playing against Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Master Yi as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Taric vs Master Yi matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.
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