Master Yi Jungle Build, Best Paths & Clearing Guide for Patch 26.11
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RDiscover the best Master Yi jungle build for League of Legends Patch 26.11. Learn optimal jungle paths, Master Yi build runes & items, skill order, counters and explore our pathing guide to maximize your winrate in the Season 16 meta.
Jungle Trends
Highest Winrate First Camp
Blue Sentinel (51.9%)
Most Popular First Camp
Red Brambleback (61.2%)
Top 3 Highest Winrate Paths
Top 3 Highest Popularity Paths
Master Yi Tips and Tricks
- Master Yi's Double Strike can be animation canceled by using a skill during the second strike of his melee attack. This means that you can cast Alpha Strike at the start of his second strike to completely negate the need to wait the attack animation to go through— the damage will still be dealt!
- Alpha Strike is Master Yi's best skill. It can be used to gap-close enemies during ganks as well as catch them if they try to Flash over walls, dodge high damage attacks and spells, negate enemy's ability to CC him and much more!
- Casting Alpha Strike on a minion during a turret dive will remove the turret's aggro over you (provided you didn't hit a champion with it).
- Meditate damage reduction is incredibly powerful as it can reduce all sources of damage by a significant amount, even when the skill is level one.
- Master Yi isn't particularly strong during the first jungle clear, so try to avoid unfavorable fights on Rift Scuttler. Instead, clear the jungle and rush for the first item because that's when Master Yi starts to become dangerous.
Master Yi Matchups
Master Yi Jungle Pathing Guide
Jungle Pathing represents the choices jungle players make in regards to when and where to gank, invade or just path towards. It includes how camps and buffs are cleared between ganks, anticipating counterganks, and spotting opportunities for invading. Effective pathing requires deep understanding of your champion's abilities, their interactions, and how both team compositions play into those choices.
Full clear with a Red Buff start
The recommended jungle path for Master Yi is a full clear starting at Red Brambleback with Alpha Strike as it deals a decent chunk of damage early on. Take Wuju Style at level two to clear Krugs and Raptors, reaching level three. Unlock Meditate for sustain, then rotate to the Blue Buff side. Clear Wolves, Gromp, and Blue Sentinel for level four, upgrading Alpha Strike before moving to Rift Scuttler. This path ensures fast tempo and steady scaling into mid-game, with early Red Buff uptime for fighting and potential invades on the enemy jungler.
An alternative start is: Raptors → Krugs → Red, then crossing to the Blue side. This grants longer Red Buff and stronger duel potential if you anticipate enemy jungle pressure or want to invade them yourself.
Master Yi's early gank power is limited before level six since he has no crowd control spells, but you can still punish overextended lanes after the first full clear. Post-Scuttle, look to gank mid or bot/top with Red Buff slow, but avoid forcing fights since farming is better for Yi early on.
