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Master Yi in draft

Played at Jungle in 73% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

3 %

picked or banned · 145th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.6%

Picked 1% · 291 of 27,735 gamesBanned 2% · 410 of 22,754 drafts with bans

Win rate at Jungle

Everything below reads on 211 games at Jungle. · 1,064 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (22,754 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Graves

Trundle

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other junglersDuelistDamageCarries its own killsLittle CCNo poke

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · BuildOne path: Kraken Slayer.

Hail of Blades

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Jungle picks taken by Master Yi, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

2.1%33,691 picks out of 1,584,439banned in 9.1% of games · 23,713 of 259,636patches 16.21 → 16.19

Tournaments

tournament code games

0.4%137 picks out of 34,524banned in 2.1% of games · 284 of 13,367patches 16.21 → 16.19

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.0%0 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 2% and 4% since 16.12 · 3.5% on 16.21 · 3.7% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	3.5%	2,671	Lethal Tempo52% · 11
16.20	3.7%	7,858	Hail of Blades53% · 34
16.19	2.7%	6,733	Hail of Blades52% · 27
16.18	2.4%	5,762	Lethal Tempo57% · 25
16.17	2.2%	5,728	Lethal Tempo62% · 23
16.16	2.4%	5,992	Lethal Tempo61% · 25
16.15	2.3%	5,530	Lethal Tempo60% · 22
16.14	2.9%	5,702	Lethal Tempo58% · 30
16.13	2.3%	7,391	Lethal Tempo61% · 35
16.12	2.8%	5,118	Lethal Tempo72% · 31

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

410 bans of 22,754 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G10.5%
G20.8%
G3+1.1%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Lee Sin3

Viego3

Lillia2

series, of 33 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (33), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Jungle when Master Yi is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Jungle, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Graves
4.0% → 6.8%
Trundle
2.5% → 6.1%

410 games where it is banned · 22,089 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Master Yi ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

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

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the junglers

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min5 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · junglers: 4.7

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itjunglers
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on junglers: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itDuelistDamage

What it is notCarries its own killsLittle CCNo poke

Split-push — Not applicable to this position.

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 6:48 (6:54), 1st item at 10:18 (10:48), 2nd at 17:24 (19:12), 3rd at 23:36 (25:36).

211 games · median minute of each milestone, junglers in brackets

Its jungle

67 jungle CS at 10 min · junglers: 66
9% of the time in the enemy jungle between 2 and 14 min · junglers: 7%

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
Jarvan IVJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
YunaraADC	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
AsheADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
LucianADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
LuluSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
JhinADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
LissandraMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)

show 66 other pairs

CaitlynADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AlistarSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
MilioSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
NautilusSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
AhriMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
JinxADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
BraumSUP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
WukongJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ViJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SylasMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
EzrealADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
LeonaSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
JaxTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
NasusTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AkaliMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
OriannaMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SivirADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
XayahADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NocturneJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SylasJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
RakanSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
ThreshSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
YuumiSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
RenektonTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SionTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ViegoJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ApheliosADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
CamilleTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GwenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SettTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YoneTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
PantheonJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AzirMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MalzaharMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SyndraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
BardSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NeekoSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AatroxTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JayceTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GravesJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
RammusJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZacJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
IreliaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LockeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ViktorMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
OrnnTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ShenTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GalioMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
HweiMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LeBlancMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LuxMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
RyzeMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YoneMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZeriADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KarmaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 76 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 211 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on two patches (16.21 + 16.20), all regions. Patch does not reach 30 games (21).

Patch16.21 · 21 games, below the floor of 30
2 patches16.21 + 16.20 · 85 games
Window211 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Hail of Blades+

Precision

52% · 44 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite

97% · 82 games

First maxed skill

93% · 78 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orLethal Tempo+Inspiration35% · 30 games
orLethal Tempo+Domination8% · 7 games

Other spells

orGhost + Smite4% · 3 games

85 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Kraken Slayer88% · 10:18
Guinsoo's Rageblade44% · 16:54
Experimental Hexplate52% · 22:42

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).