Zeri vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Zeri
based on 1,868 Zeri vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zeri vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Zeri vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Zeri
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.
Zeri vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Zeri in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several strategic Zeri vs. Master Yi matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Master Yi..
Zeri often has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Master Yi. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zeri and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Zeri or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when playing against Master Yi, with a 45.1% win rate. Thus, Zeri makes a poor counter for Master Yi.
While Zeri does have a much lower winrate than Master Yi, when facing one another, Zeri also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Master Yi.
Additionally, Zeri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zeri is a garbage counter for Master Yi. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zeri against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zeri 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zeri most often accumulates much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Zeri versus Master Yi build include Bloodthirster, Experimental Hexplate, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Zeri bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Master Yi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 45.1% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Master Yi as Zeri, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zeri vs Master Yi matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.1% winrate overall.
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