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 Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling 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 Kraken Slayer. For your last 3 items, you should build Guinsoo's Rageblade, Wit's End and finish with Death's Dance. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.1% winrate over 131 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Master Yi Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Blade of The Ruined King as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Guinsoo's Rageblade, Wit's End and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.2% win rate over 125 matches.

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, Eyeball Collection 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 Blade of The Ruined King as a third item. You want to finish the build with Guinsoo's Rageblade, Death's Dance and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 67.3% win rate across 55 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.