Thresh vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Thresh
based on 6,974 Thresh vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Master Yi
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Thresh against Master Yi counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Master Yi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Thresh or Master Yi?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when trying to fight Master Yi, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a bad counter to Master Yi.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Master Yi, when facing one another, Thresh also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Thresh into Master Yias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a bad counter to Master Yi. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Thresh against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Thresh versus Master Yi build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Master Yi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 47.5% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Master Yi as Thresh, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Thresh vs Master Yi LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Thresh are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.