Garen vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Garen
based on 7,015 Garen vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Garen vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Garen vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Garen
Tips for Playing as Garen against Master Yi
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Advice to Win Against Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Garen vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Garen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Garen against Master Yi matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Garen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Garen and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Garen or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when playing against Master Yi, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Garen makes a poor counter to Master Yi.
While Garen does have a lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Master Yi.
Additionally, Garen has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Garen is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Garen in order to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Garen usually racks up much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Garen versus Master Yi build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Master Yi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Garen had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Master Yi as Garen, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Garen vs Master Yi battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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