Kayn with Master Yi
How to Synergize Kayn and Master Yi
based on 430 Kayn with Master Yi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Master Yi Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Master Yi
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Understand How Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Kayn Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kayn sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Master Yi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Master Yi helps Kayn perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kayn is paired with Master Yi, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Master Yi does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played with Master Yi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Master Yi.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Master Yi on the same team, he usually receives less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Kayn in team fights.
Synergies between Kayn and Master Yi
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no ideal synergy for Kayn that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Master Yi is a not very good companion for Kayn. By being on the same side as Kayn, he drops their win rate by -2.9% to 46.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Kayn and Master Yi that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Master Yi has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be careful when enlisting Master Yi comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Kayn players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Kayn and Master Yi together, you will not be providing your team a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Master Yi ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to synergize with Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to focus on in your Kayn and Master Yi synergy build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Master Yi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 46.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Master Yi with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Master Yi with Kayn are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.