Master Yi with Katarina
How to Synergize Master Yi and Katarina
based on 6,460 Master Yi with Katarina pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Katarina Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Katarina
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Katarina
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 Katarina Will Play
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
Master Yi Katarina Synergy Stats
How to Play with Katarina as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Katarina helps Master Yi perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi is paired with Katarina, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This could signal that Katarina doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Katarina.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Katarina on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Master Yi in teamfights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Katarina
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Katarina?
There is no perfect ally for Master Yi that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Katarina is a very typical ally for Master Yi. By playing on the same side as Master Yi, she drops their win rate by -0.9% to 49.7%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Master Yi and Katarina that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Katarina has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means Master Yi players must be careful when enlisting Katarina teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Master Yi and Katarina together, you will not be giving your team much crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Katarina ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi in order to pair well with Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Master Yi and Katarina synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Master Yi incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Katarina than with most other typical builds. In fact, Master Yi boasted an average winrate of 49.7% helping carry Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Treasure Hunter, and Eyeball Collection runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Katarina with Master Yi are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.