Master Yi with Kai'Sa
How to Synergize Master Yi and Kai'Sa
based on 7,909 Master Yi with Kai'Sa pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Kai'Sa Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Kai'Sa
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 Kai'Sa Will Play
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
Master Yi Kai'Sa Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kai'Sa as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kai'Sa helps Master Yi perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi tries to synergize with Kai'Sa, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Kai'Sa doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with Kai'Sa on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kai'Sa.
Moreover, when Master Yi plays with Kai'Sa on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Kai'Sa does a poor job of protecting Master Yi during team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Kai'Sa
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Kai'Sa?
There is no top champion pairing for Master Yi that will always be his top synergy. However, Kai'Sa is a terrible teammate for Master Yi. By locking into the same team as Master Yi, she lowers their win rate by -3.5% to 47.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible synergy between Master Yi and Kai'Sa that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kai'Sa has a greater difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players need to be cautious when finding Kai'Sa teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Master Yi and Kai'Sa together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a great deal of utility. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Kai'Sa ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Master Yi to synergize with Kai'Sa during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Master Yi and Kai'Sa synergy build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Kai'Sa than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 47.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Master Yi players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Master Yi and Kai'Sa pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.
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