Master Yi with Annie
How to Synergize Master Yi and Annie
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Master Yi Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Annie
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Annie
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 Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Master Yi Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, 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 Annie. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Annie helps Master Yi perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi plays on the same team as Annie, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could signal that Annie supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Annie. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Annie on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Annie does a decent job of protecting Master Yi during team fights.
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Annie?
There is no top companion for Master Yi that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Annie is a very typical teammate for Master Yi. By playing on the same side as Master Yi, she drops their win rate by -0.3% to 50.3%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Master Yi and Annie that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Annie has a greater difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players must be cautious when arranging Annie teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working on the same side, Master Yi players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Master Yi and Annie together, you probably will not be providing your other allies very much engage potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Annie teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi in order to work well with Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Master Yi and Annie synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Wit's End, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Master Yi combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Annie than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing alongside Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Master Yi players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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