Jhin vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Jhin
based on 20,324 Jhin vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Master Yi
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Jhin vs. Master Yi matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Jhin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Master Yi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jhin and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Jhin or Master Yi?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Master Yi, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Jhin makes an ok counter for Master Yi.
While Jhin does have a lower win rate than Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Jhin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Jhin is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jhin to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin usually picks up much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Jhin versus Master Yi build consist of Rapid Firecannon, The Collector, and Hubris. When Jhin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Master Yi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jhin had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Master Yi as Jhin, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Jhin vs Master Yi clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Jhin are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.