Champion sheet · Jungle

Master Yi

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

3.2%#135 of 173 champions

Pick: 1.2%picked in 226 of 18,205 games
Ban: 2.0%344 bans over 17,264 games, against 2.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle47.2% between 40.8% and 53.7% over 159 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 26 min

Amateur: 18,453 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLengthBuild
How to play itHail of Blades, then Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 83% of junglers.DuelistDamage
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
2.1%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.1% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
26 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 26 min in soloQ.
BuildKraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Experimental Hexplate instead of Kraken Slayer, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards
Amateur
31%
SoloQ
23%
Played in 31% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Kraken Slayer, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards (23%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Hail of Blades, then Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesHail of Blades63% · 9,099

Amateur: Lethal Tempo (53%), gap not settled

SpellsFlash + Smite99% · 14,216

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 89% · 32 games

Core (3 legendaries)23% · 1,862

23%of soloQ games

Kraken Slayer
The Collector
Lord Dominik's Regards

≠ Amateur: Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Experimental Hexplate instead of Kraken Slayer, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards. 31% · 134 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 83% of junglers.

Takes its kills in duelstop17%25% · junglers: 20%
Team damagetop21%20% · junglers: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Duelist
Damage

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Jungle farm

What it is not

Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 64 in lane, 72 in mid game and 76 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

392+9 vs 383

842+47 vs 796

1,150+94 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Master Yijunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 79% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 64 of 100 among junglers392 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 72 of 100 among junglers842 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 76 of 100 among junglers1,150 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 82 of 100 among junglers+258 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 79 of 100 among junglers+422 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 70 of 100 among junglers5 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 39 of 100 among junglers706 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 67 of 100 among junglers54% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 83 of 100 among junglers25% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 3 of 100 among junglersrank 3 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 2 of 100 among junglers0.3 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 79 of 100 among junglers20% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 62 of 100 among junglers67 · median 66
Invade · rank 81 of 100 among junglers9% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.