Master Yi with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Master Yi and Rek'Sai
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Master Yi Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Master Yi Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rek'Sai helps Master Yi perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi plays on the same team as Rek'Sai, he gets a measurable drop in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Rek'Sai doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Rek'Sai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Rek'Sai.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Rek'Sai on the same side, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Rek'Sai does a decent job of protecting Master Yi in teamfights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Rek'Sai
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no perfect ally for Master Yi that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, Rek'Sai is a top-tier companion for Master Yi. By locking into the same side as Master Yi, he raises their win rate by 4.9% to 55.5%. This demonstrates that there is a very real strategic relationship between Master Yi and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Rek'Sai has a lower difficulty than Master Yi. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Rek'Sai comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Master Yi players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Master Yi and Rek'Sai together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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 to synergize with Rek'Sai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Master Yi and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, and T.U.R.B.O.. When Master Yi bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 55.5% helping carry Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing 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 builds players chose for Master Yi and Rek'Sai pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.5% win rate overall.
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