Garenvs Master Yi
Garen vs Master Yi is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Garen wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Master Yi based on 18 games. Garen wins the early laning phase while Master Yi scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Garen vs Master Yi matchup.
Garen Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Garen performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Garen vs Master Yi?
Garen wins 71.4% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 50.0% and 86.2% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.5% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +20.9 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 21 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Jungle): 13 games, Garen won 38.5%.
Key takeaways
- Garen is favored in this matchup: Garen wins 71.4% of 21 games, and the whole 95% range (50.0–86.2%) is on the same side of 50%.
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 50.5% for Garen; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Garen players pick Health Scaling (flex) far more often against Master Yi: 2.0% of their other Top games, 9.5% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Garen and Master Yi played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Garen's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Garen vs Master Yi Laning Stats
Only 21 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Garen vs Master Yi Win Rate by Game Length
Garen's win rate against Master Yi by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Garen's results against Master Yi in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Garen vs Master Yi Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Garen Changes Against Master Yi
Choices Garen players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Health Scaling (flex)Stat shardUsually2.0%vs Master Yi9.5%+7.5 pts
Randuin's OmenItemUsually2.1%vs Master Yi9.5%+7.4 pts
Doran's Helm + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsually2.3%vs Master Yi9.5%+7.2 pts
Frozen HeartItemUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Master Yi4.8%+4.8 pts
Usuallyunder 0.5%vs Master Yi4.8%+4.8 pts
Long Sword + Health Potion + Health Potion + Health PotionStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Master Yi4.8%+4.8 pts
Long Sword + Dagger + Doran's Blade + Health PotionStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Master Yi4.8%+4.8 pts
Heal + IgniteSummoner spellsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Master Yi4.8%+4.8 pts
Best Garen Build vs Master Yi
Usual Garen build (Top)
61.0% win rate · 684 games
Against Master Yi
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 2 of 10 Garen games against Master Yi carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Garen's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: E > Q > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Garen Runes vs Master Yi
Usual Garen runes (Top)
Stormraider's Surge
53.7% win rate · 1,299 games
Against Master Yi
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Garen draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Garen matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Garen's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Garen Matchups
Hardest for Garen
Easiest for Garen
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Garen vs Master Yi FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Garen vs Master Yi?
Garen is favored in this matchup: Garen wins 71.4% of 21 games, and the whole 95% range (50.0–86.2%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Garen's win rate against Master Yi?
Garen wins 71.4% of 21 Top games against Master Yi on patch 26.19 (95% range 50.0–86.2%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 50.5% would be expected.
Does Garen counter Master Yi?
Yes. Garen wins 71.4% of 21 games against Master Yi on patch 26.19, and the whole 95% range is above 50%.
Who wins lane, Garen or Master Yi?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (21) to say who wins lane.
Does Garen outscale Master Yi?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Master Yi strongest against Garen?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Master Yi is ahead of Garen beyond the margin of error.
What should Garen build against Master Yi?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Garen's usual Top core: Stridebreaker, Dead Man's Plate, Phantom Dancer. The biggest change against Master Yi: Randuin's Omen (2.1% usually, 9.5% here).
What runes should Garen use against Master Yi?
Use Garen's usual Stormraider's Surge page (Sorcery + Resolve); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Master Yi: Health Scaling (flex) (2.0% usually, 9.5% here).