Master Yi·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Master Yi Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite 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 Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear 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 Kraken Slayer as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Experimental Hexplate, Death's Dance and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.1% winrate over 88 032 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Master Yi Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite 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 Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear 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 Blade of The Ruined King, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Kraken Slayer, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.9% win rate over 37 245 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Grisly Mementos with Treasure Hunter 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 Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Kraken Slayer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Guinsoo's Rageblade, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.2% win rate across 20 252 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Master Yi Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Kraken Slayer 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 Experimental Hexplate, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.3% win rate over 13 746 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.