Master Yi·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Master Yi Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Triumph and Legend: Alacrity in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Kraken Slayer, Wit's End and finish with Experimental Hexplate. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 48.0% winrate over 177 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Kraken Slayer as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance and Wit's End. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.8% win rate across 130 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Master Yi Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Guinsoo's Rageblade as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Sterak's Gage and Mercurial Scimitar. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 64.7% win rate over 51 matches played.

Situational Master Yi Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Master Yi build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.