Lee Sin vs Master Yi - Matchup Guide | Patch 26.14

YouLee Sin

EnemyMaster Yi

Win Condition

Shut him down before 15 minutes by invading and counter-ganking. Use as a peel tool in mid-game fights to ensure he never gets a reset.

Overview

You are the early game aggressor, while he is a scaling hyper-carry. You win early duels by landing and using your mobility to kite his true damage. If the game goes past 30 minutes, he will eventually out-stat you, so you must end early.

Difficulty

Medium

The matchup is a massive skill check between your and his ; if he dodges your kick or follow-up, you lose the duel.

You (Lee Sin)

•High burst with and
•Early game invade pressure with
•Displacement with to peel carries
•Energy-based sustainability

Them (Master Yi)

•Sustained true damage with
•Weak early dueling before
•Slow immunity via negating
•Mana-hungry early game relying on

Master Yi's Abilities

Ability	Threat	What It Means For You
	Low	Every few hits he strikes twice. Avoid long auto-attack trades where procs multiple times.
	High	He becomes untargetable and follows your dash. Never recast while he has this up or he will dodge the damage.
	Med	Heals and reduces incoming damage. Use to kick him out of the channel immediately.
	Med	Adds true damage to his autos. Use to dash away or to slow him (if he is not in ).
	High	Grants attack speed and immunity to slows. Your slow is useless; you must use to create distance.

Lane Phase

Lvl 1-5

→Invade his jungle at Level 3. Most Yi players are vulnerable at their second buff.
→Land but don't always take the recast immediately; wait to see if he panics and uses .
→Use between every ability cast to maintain energy and maximize DPS during early skirmishes.
→Save for dodging his follow-up or to hop to a ward if he turns on his .

Lvl 6+Power spike

→You win the 1v1 if you use to interrupt his or to blast him away after he finishes .
→In teamfights, your job is to kick him away from your ADC with the moment he exits .
→Track his duration; if you can't kill him, just kite with until his ultimate expires.

Trading Patterns

Safe Poke

Land from distance -> Recast -> for damage -> to a friendly minion or ward to safety.

Punish

Wait for him to use on a jungle monster or minion. Once he reappears, he is a sitting duck for your full -> -> combo.

All-in

Land -> Walk up and auto-attack with -> If he uses , kick him with -> Follow with recast for execute damage.

Respect

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Timing — It can dodge both parts of your and your , completely nullifying your kit.
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Slow Immunity — While active, your slow does nothing, making it impossible to kite him without dashes.
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True Damage — It ignores your armor and shield, meaning he wins any extended auto-attack battle.
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Lvl 6 Power Spike — He goes from a farm-bot to a lethal threat that can run you down if you are overextended in the river.

Punish

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is on cooldown — This is your 10-15 second window to land a guaranteed and all-in him.
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He starts Meditate — Immediately cast to cancel his heal and damage reduction, then burst him.
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Early Jungle Clear — Invade him at his red or blue buff; he is very squishy and lacks mobility before Level 6.
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He targets a teammate with — Line up your on the teammate he is hitting; he will appear right next to them.

Wave Management

Early

As a jungler, focus on 'vertical jungling' if you can't kill him. Steal his camps to delay his Level 11/16 spikes.

Post-6

Hold your smite for objectives; Yi takes Dragons very fast. Keep the river warded to stop his solo-Sneaking.

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Ability

Threat

What It Means For You

Low

Every few hits he strikes twice. Avoid long auto-attack trades where procs multiple times.

High

He becomes untargetable and follows your dash. Never recast while he has this up or he will dodge the damage.

Med

Heals and reduces incoming damage. Use to kick him out of the channel immediately.

Med

Adds true damage to his autos. Use to dash away or to slow him (if he is not in ).

High

Grants attack speed and immunity to slows. Your slow is useless; you must use to create distance.