Win Rate
49.6%
Pick Rate
4.6%
Master Yivs Olaf
Patch26.17
Matches368,800
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedAug 29, 2026 UTC
MethodologyData Methodology
AuthorDakota Chinnick
Master Yi vs Olaf is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.17. Olaf wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Master Yi based on 10 games. Olaf wins the early laning phase while Master Yi scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Master Yi build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Master Yi vs Olaf matchup.
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Master Yi Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Master Yi 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.
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Master Yi
40.0% WR
VS
Olaf
60.0% WR
Who Wins the Master Yi vs Olaf Matchup?
Winner
Olaf
Matches: 10
40.0%
60.0%
2.0
2.3
810
721
12,212
12,717
304
711
888
1,529
0.2
0.3
0.0%
100.0%
66.7%
33.3%
Master Yi vs Olaf Matchup Summary
The Master Yi vs Olaf matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 10 recent matches analyzed, Olaf wins with a 60.0% win rate compared to Master Yi's 40.0%, giving Olaf a 20.0 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Olaf controls the early laning stage, but Master Yi outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Olaf needs to press advantages before Master Yi reaches their power spikes, while Master Yi should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Olaf leads by 1,050 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Olaf has a strong advantage in this matchup. Master Yi players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Olaf overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Master Yi vs Olaf Laning Phase Breakdown
Olaf is favored during the laning phase against Master Yi, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Olaf holds advantages in farming, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Farming
2.0Master Yi
2.3Olaf
Master Yi and Olaf farm at nearly identical rates in this matchup, with only a 0.3 CS/min difference. Neither champion holds a meaningful farming advantage, so lane dominance will come from trading and jungle interaction rather than CS leads.Damage
810Master Yi
721Olaf
Master Yi heavily out-damages Olaf by 89 DMG/min, dominating both short trades and all-in fights. Olaf should avoid extended combat and instead focus on burst trade patterns — short engages followed by immediate disengagement — to avoid letting Master Yi's sustained damage advantage take over.Economy
12,212Master Yi
12,717Olaf
Olaf earns 505 more gold per game than Master Yi, equivalent to roughly one additional component item. This economic edge comes from a combination of better farming, kill participation, and objective control, giving Olaf slightly faster item completions.Utility
0.2Master Yi
0.3Olaf
Both Master Yi and Olaf provide similar amounts of crowd control (0.1s/min difference), meaning neither has a significant advantage in locking down opponents for ganks or team fights. Lane ganks are equally effective for both sides.Sustain
1,191Master Yi
2,241Olaf
Olaf vastly out-sustains Master Yi, healing and mitigating 1,050 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Olaf can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Master Yi is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Master Yi, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.Best Master Yi Build Against Olaf
Gluttonous Greaves is the optimal boots choice against Olaf, providing the mobility and stats Master Yi needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Master Yi against Olaf are Kraken Slayer, Death's Dance and Blade of The Ruined King. This combination gives Master Yi an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 2 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Olaf. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Master Yi vs Olaf matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
⚔
Early Game
Olaf
100.0%
+100.0% advantage
Master Yi0.0%
Olaf100.0%♕
Late Game
Master Yi
66.7%
+33.3% advantage
Master Yi66.7%Olaf33.3%Olaf dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 100.0% win rate — a 100.0 percentage point lead over Master Yi. This lopsided early game means Olaf can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Master Yi is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 66.7% win rate — 33.3 points above Olaf. Extended games heavily favor Master Yi, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Olaf must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Master Yi reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Master Yi survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Master Yi Runes Against Olaf
Precision
Domination
0.0% WR
The Precision and Domination rune setup gives Master Yi the best tools to compete against Olaf in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Master Yi matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.17. The table below shows Master Yi'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 Master Yi build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.34% | 161 | 1.1 | 729 | 12,523 | 32.1% | 58.8% | |
| 53.46% | 159 | 1.1 | 731 | 13,375 | 50.7% | 55.6% | |
| 50.32% | 155 | 1.2 | 787 | 13,074 | 46.0% | 54.3% | |
| 50.00% | 140 | 1.2 | 758 | 13,690 | 55.4% | 45.3% | |
| 48.80% | 125 | 1.2 | 781 | 14,049 | 46.9% | 50.0% | |
| 48.39% | 124 | 1.2 | 792 | 13,440 | 49.3% | 47.4% | |
| 43.52% | 108 | 1.2 | 706 | 14,198 | 30.9% | 51.5% | |
| 50.00% | 104 | 1.4 | 694 | 13,448 | 51.1% | 49.1% | |
| 56.86% | 102 | 1.1 | 739 | 13,141 | 57.1% | 56.6% | |
| 47.96% | 98 | 1.2 | 666 | 13,712 | 48.8% | 47.3% | |
| 47.87% | 94 | 1.1 | 733 | 13,077 | 46.5% | 49.0% | |
| 46.15% | 91 | 1.3 | 728 | 13,217 | 46.5% | 45.8% | |
| 54.55% | 77 | 1.3 | 674 | 14,119 | 61.5% | 51.0% | |
| 54.93% | 71 | 1.0 | 719 | 12,107 | 56.8% | 51.9% | |
| 52.38% | 63 | 1.1 | 751 | 13,406 | 52.8% | 51.9% | |
| 38.71% | 62 | 1.0 | 682 | 11,758 | 43.2% | 32.0% | |
| 63.33% | 60 | 1.1 | 806 | 12,703 | 56.3% | 71.4% | |
| 52.54% | 59 | 1.2 | 829 | 13,765 | 48.3% | 56.7% | |
| 48.28% | 58 | 1.1 | 703 | 13,257 | 52.2% | 45.7% | |
| 58.62% | 58 | 1.3 | 780 | 13,373 | 51.6% | 66.7% | |
| 58.49% | 53 | 1.1 | 780 | 14,001 | 50.0% | 64.5% | |
| 59.57% | 47 | 3.1 | 919 | 13,008 | 65.0% | 55.6% | |
| 51.06% | 47 | 1.2 | 719 | 12,683 | 51.9% | 50.0% | |
| 58.70% | 46 | 1.0 | 722 | 13,909 | 62.5% | 54.5% | |
| 42.22% | 45 | 1.3 | 755 | 13,412 | 31.8% | 52.2% | |
| 40.00% | 45 | 1.5 | 793 | 13,063 | 41.7% | 38.1% | |
| 45.45% | 44 | 1.3 | 752 | 14,293 | 38.9% | 50.0% | |
| 51.16% | 43 | 1.1 | 775 | 12,847 | 52.4% | 50.0% | |
| 34.88% | 43 | 1.0 | 716 | 13,362 | 22.2% | 44.0% | |
| 43.90% | 41 | 1.1 | 750 | 13,207 | 42.9% | 45.0% | |
| 51.28% | 39 | 1.3 | 835 | 13,939 | 36.4% | 57.1% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 1.1 | 844 | 14,386 | 38.5% | 43.5% | |
| 48.57% | 35 | 1.1 | 798 | 13,581 | 44.4% | 52.9% | |
| 42.42% | 33 | 1.1 | 737 | 12,505 | 38.5% | 45.0% | |
| 50.00% | 32 | 1.1 | 785 | 14,766 | 76.9% | 31.6% | |
| 38.71% | 31 | 2.3 | 737 | 13,017 | 35.7% | 41.2% | |
| 45.16% | 31 | 1.2 | 812 | 12,646 | 25.0% | 66.7% | |
| 53.85% | 26 | 1.3 | 700 | 14,095 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 56.52% | 23 | 1.3 | 832 | 15,723 | 70.0% | 46.1% | |
| 61.90% | 21 | 1.4 | 884 | 14,042 | 54.5% | 70.0% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 3.1 | 747 | 13,293 | 28.6% | 57.1% | |
| 61.90% | 21 | 1.8 | 879 | 12,541 | 70.0% | 54.5% | |
| 65.00% | 20 | 1.4 | 878 | 14,818 | 33.3% | 78.6% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 1.4 | 708 | 13,928 | 55.6% | 45.5% | |
| 31.58% | 19 | 2.0 | 496 | 11,855 | 28.6% | 33.3% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 2.1 | 677 | 12,487 | 25.0% | 45.5% | |
| 52.63% | 19 | 1.8 | 811 | 12,723 | 62.5% | 45.5% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 2.9 | 819 | 13,271 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 4.9 | 958 | 13,222 | 22.2% | 50.0% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 1.1 | 553 | 14,079 | 33.3% | 57.1% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 1.0 | 909 | 14,430 | 20.0% | 54.5% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 0.8 | 652 | 12,662 | 45.5% | 60.0% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 1.1 | 750 | 14,568 | 40.0% | 60.0% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 3.7 | 903 | 14,332 | 20.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 2.6 | 730 | 13,002 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 4.2 | 715 | 10,205 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 28.57% | 14 | 1.2 | 741 | 13,181 | 20.0% | 33.3% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 1.5 | 797 | 14,825 | 0.0% | 55.6% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 4.9 | 816 | 12,945 | 71.4% | 40.0% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 1.3 | 678 | 12,794 | 50.0% | 37.5% | |
| 18.18% | 11 | 2.9 | 944 | 10,577 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 3.1 | 710 | 11,130 | 75.0% | 14.3% | |
| 72.73% | 11 | 1.0 | 683 | 12,701 | 100.0% | 57.1% | |
| 81.82% | 11 | 1.1 | 885 | 14,375 | 83.3% | 80.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 2.0 | 810 | 12,212 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 2.6 | 897 | 13,763 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.3 | 584 | 12,847 | 40.0% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 3.9 | 849 | 14,739 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.7 | 1,051 | 16,334 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 1.9 | 753 | 13,295 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 6.4 | 851 | 13,877 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 1.3 | 790 | 13,653 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.4 | 1,002 | 12,384 | 33.3% | 75.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 1.5 | 847 | 14,669 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.4 | 1,034 | 16,400 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 2.8 | 781 | 15,746 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 4.8 | 991 | 14,232 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 936 | 12,576 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 2.2 | 1,096 | 16,249 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.1 | 1,331 | 19,538 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.2 | 886 | 13,319 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.9 | 956 | 16,969 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.3 | 891 | 11,719 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.3 | 622 | 9,361 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 3.5 | 773 | 12,270 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.2 | 660 | 11,018 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
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Master Yi vs Olaf - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Master Yi do against Olaf in League of Legends?
Olaf wins the Master Yi vs Olaf matchup with a 60.0% win rate compared to Master Yi's 40.0%, a 20.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 10 recent ranked games in patch 26.17.
How does Master Yi do against Olaf in the early game?
In the early game, Olaf has the advantage against Master Yi with a 100.0% win rate versus 0.0%. Olaf players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Master Yi do against Olaf in the late game?
In the late game, Master Yi takes over the Master Yi vs Olaf matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to 33.3%. Master Yi scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Master Yi vs Olaf matchup?
Olaf wins the matchup against Master Yi with a 60.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.17. The 20.0 percentage point advantage means Olaf is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 10 games analyzed.
What is the best Master Yi build against Olaf?
The best Master Yi build against Olaf includes Kraken Slayer, Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King with Gluttonous Greaves. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Master Yi runes against Olaf?
The best Master Yi runes against Olaf use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 0.0% win rate in the Master Yi vs Olaf matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Master Yi counter Olaf?
No, Master Yi struggles against Olaf with only a 40.0% win rate. Olaf has the advantage in this matchup. Master Yi players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Olaf's lead.
How do I play Master Yi against Olaf?
When playing Master Yi against Olaf, play cautiously and avoid Olaf's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Olaf in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.
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