Master Yi with K'Sante
How to Synergize Master Yi and K'Sante
based on 2,608 Master Yi with K'Sante pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi K'Sante Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and K'Sante
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with K'Sante
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 K'Sante Will Play
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Master Yi K'Sante Synergy Stats
How to Play with K'Sante as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that K'Sante helps Master Yi perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi is paired with K'Sante, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that K'Sante provides protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with K'Sante 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 K'Sante.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with K'Sante on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that K'Sante does a poor job of protecting Master Yi during team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and K'Sante
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside K'Sante?
There is no one best champion pairing for Master Yi that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, K'Sante is a terrible teammate for Master Yi. By being on the same side as Master Yi, they lowers their win rate by -4.4% to 46.2%. This proves that there is a very bad bond between Master Yi and K'Sante that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
K'Sante has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means Master Yi players need to be very careful when enlisting K'Sante teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Master Yi players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Master Yi and K'Sante together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much crowd control. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your K'Sante ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to pair well with K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Master Yi and K'Sante synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Wit's End, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Master Yi incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of K'Sante than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 46.2% helping carry K'Sante with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Master Yi players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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