Master Yi with Akali
How to Synergize Master Yi and Akali
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Master Yi Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Akali
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Akali
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.
Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Master Yi Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Master Yi sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akali helps Master Yi perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi is an ally to Akali, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Akali does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Akali on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Akali. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Akali.
Moreover, when Master Yi plays with Akali on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Akali does a poor job of covering Master Yi during team fights.
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Akali?
There is no one best ally for Master Yi that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Akali is a very typical teammate for Master Yi. By locking into the same team as Master Yi, she lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 50.1%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Master Yi and Akali that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Akali has a greater difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players should be very careful when enlisting Akali allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Master Yi and Akali together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Akali teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Master Yi to pair well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Master Yi and Akali synergy build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Master Yi combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Akali than with many other common item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 50.1% helping carry Akali with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Master Yi players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Master Yi and Akali pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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