Master Yivs Taliyah
Master Yi vs Taliyah is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.4. Taliyah wins with a 66.7% win rate (+33.3%) over Master Yi based on 15 games. Taliyah 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 Taliyah matchup.
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.
Taliyah(33.3%)Who Wins the Master Yi vs Taliyah Matchup?
Master Yi vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
The Master Yi vs Taliyah matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 15 recent matches analyzed, Taliyah wins with a 66.7% win rate compared to Master Yi's 33.3%, giving Taliyah a 33.3 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Taliyah controls the early laning stage, but Master Yi outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Taliyah 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 crowd control, where Taliyah leads by 0.6s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Taliyah 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah Laning Phase Breakdown
Taliyah is favored during the laning phase against Master Yi, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Taliyah holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Master Yi Build Against Taliyah
Berserker's Greaves is the optimal boots choice against Taliyah, providing the mobility and stats Master Yi needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Master Yi against Taliyah 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 Taliyah. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Master Yi vs Taliyah matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Master Yi12.5%Taliyah87.5%Master Yi57.1%Taliyah42.9%Taliyah dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 87.5% win rate — a 75.0 percentage point lead over Master Yi. This lopsided early game means Taliyah 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 57.1% win rate — 14.3 points above Taliyah. 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: Taliyah 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 Taliyah
Precision
Inspiration
The Precision and Inspiration rune setup gives Master Yi the best tools to compete against Taliyah in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Master Yi matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.09% | 553 | 1.2 | 778 | 13,557 | 53.6% | 46.6% | |
| 51.73% | 348 | 1.3 | 856 | 13,638 | 46.9% | 56.8% | |
| 53.69% | 339 | 1.2 | 815 | 13,833 | 50.4% | 56.1% | |
| 44.41% | 305 | 1.9 | 743 | 13,258 | 43.7% | 45.1% | |
| 50.51% | 300 | 1.4 | 782 | 12,980 | 47.9% | 52.9% | |
| 47.95% | 293 | 1.3 | 769 | 13,259 | 44.8% | 50.3% | |
| 42.96% | 291 | 1.3 | 729 | 13,303 | 45.0% | 41.5% | |
| 49.02% | 258 | 1.2 | 747 | 13,303 | 56.1% | 43.9% | |
| 56.52% | 254 | 1.3 | 714 | 13,297 | 52.5% | 60.3% | |
| 45.45% | 253 | 1.2 | 710 | 12,746 | 45.6% | 45.3% | |
| 50.86% | 234 | 2.0 | 954 | 13,171 | 55.3% | 46.6% | |
| 39.32% | 207 | 1.3 | 734 | 14,221 | 32.4% | 43.0% | |
| 55.34% | 207 | 2.1 | 815 | 12,573 | 59.0% | 50.6% | |
| 51.96% | 205 | 1.3 | 792 | 13,195 | 49.0% | 54.7% | |
| 55.67% | 204 | 1.2 | 797 | 13,524 | 57.1% | 54.3% | |
| 56.92% | 195 | 1.2 | 829 | 14,069 | 53.0% | 59.8% | |
| 53.61% | 195 | 1.3 | 855 | 14,857 | 55.1% | 52.6% | |
| 56.45% | 189 | 1.4 | 765 | 13,618 | 52.2% | 60.6% | |
| 54.55% | 177 | 1.3 | 827 | 13,789 | 48.2% | 60.4% | |
| 53.25% | 154 | 1.2 | 756 | 13,748 | 50.7% | 55.7% | |
| 55.19% | 154 | 1.3 | 800 | 14,181 | 52.7% | 57.5% | |
| 58.55% | 153 | 1.2 | 831 | 13,724 | 62.7% | 55.3% | |
| 48.65% | 150 | 2.8 | 769 | 13,128 | 49.2% | 48.2% | |
| 54.35% | 139 | 1.3 | 747 | 13,602 | 46.5% | 60.0% | |
| 48.15% | 137 | 2.5 | 791 | 14,536 | 44.2% | 50.6% | |
| 54.20% | 131 | 1.2 | 828 | 13,911 | 54.4% | 54.0% | |
| 56.92% | 131 | 1.1 | 818 | 13,875 | 47.2% | 63.6% | |
| 57.38% | 124 | 1.5 | 768 | 13,161 | 55.9% | 58.7% | |
| 48.25% | 114 | 1.8 | 817 | 14,127 | 46.8% | 49.3% | |
| 51.85% | 110 | 3.3 | 853 | 12,858 | 54.4% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 109 | 1.1 | 838 | 13,527 | 40.4% | 60.8% | |
| 43.52% | 108 | 1.2 | 716 | 13,313 | 46.1% | 41.1% | |
| 41.00% | 101 | 3.7 | 844 | 12,656 | 39.5% | 42.1% | |
| 54.55% | 100 | 1.6 | 837 | 13,052 | 51.0% | 58.3% | |
| 52.58% | 97 | 1.4 | 784 | 13,859 | 53.1% | 52.1% | |
| 53.61% | 97 | 2.2 | 888 | 13,531 | 51.2% | 55.6% | |
| 61.46% | 96 | 2.3 | 878 | 13,626 | 67.3% | 54.5% | |
| 51.61% | 95 | 1.4 | 798 | 13,661 | 45.2% | 56.9% | |
| 48.42% | 95 | 1.8 | 835 | 14,240 | 54.8% | 43.4% | |
| 57.61% | 93 | 1.7 | 829 | 14,561 | 58.3% | 57.1% | |
| 37.08% | 90 | 2.6 | 718 | 12,696 | 38.1% | 36.2% | |
| 48.86% | 88 | 1.3 | 861 | 13,108 | 48.7% | 49.0% | |
| 51.32% | 77 | 1.6 | 822 | 12,880 | 51.1% | 51.6% | |
| 57.14% | 77 | 1.5 | 812 | 13,736 | 47.1% | 65.1% | |
| 56.76% | 74 | 1.5 | 833 | 13,189 | 56.4% | 57.1% | |
| 49.30% | 72 | 2.5 | 746 | 12,956 | 44.4% | 54.3% | |
| 43.66% | 71 | 1.1 | 705 | 12,702 | 38.9% | 48.6% | |
| 71.43% | 70 | 1.5 | 875 | 13,737 | 48.5% | 91.9% | |
| 37.14% | 70 | 3.2 | 861 | 13,117 | 21.9% | 50.0% | |
| 45.31% | 65 | 5.5 | 907 | 13,111 | 17.6% | 55.3% | |
| 33.87% | 62 | 2.8 | 716 | 12,081 | 35.3% | 32.1% | |
| 56.67% | 60 | 4.8 | 896 | 13,465 | 47.8% | 62.2% | |
| 43.64% | 55 | 1.2 | 741 | 13,927 | 32.0% | 53.3% | |
| 59.26% | 54 | 1.2 | 781 | 14,473 | 48.0% | 69.0% | |
| 43.14% | 51 | 5.0 | 768 | 11,902 | 27.3% | 55.2% | |
| 50.00% | 47 | 1.3 | 762 | 14,560 | 41.2% | 55.2% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 5.7 | 974 | 13,787 | 42.9% | 64.0% | |
| 66.67% | 45 | 2.4 | 812 | 13,433 | 72.2% | 63.0% | |
| 62.22% | 45 | 6.1 | 847 | 12,843 | 50.0% | 70.4% | |
| 48.89% | 45 | 3.8 | 923 | 12,670 | 55.0% | 44.0% | |
| 53.49% | 43 | 1.9 | 886 | 14,653 | 46.1% | 56.7% | |
| 51.28% | 39 | 4.0 | 966 | 13,470 | 62.5% | 43.5% | |
| 46.15% | 39 | 1.2 | 748 | 12,573 | 52.6% | 40.0% | |
| 56.41% | 39 | 2.0 | 799 | 14,122 | 50.0% | 61.9% | |
| 47.37% | 39 | 6.0 | 927 | 13,250 | 55.6% | 40.0% | |
| 68.42% | 38 | 1.9 | 844 | 14,452 | 71.4% | 66.7% | |
| 45.95% | 37 | 5.6 | 852 | 13,847 | 44.4% | 46.4% | |
| 34.29% | 36 | 5.1 | 724 | 11,304 | 16.7% | 43.5% | |
| 38.89% | 36 | 5.6 | 825 | 11,401 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 45.45% | 33 | 4.5 | 809 | 12,617 | 44.4% | 46.7% | |
| 38.71% | 31 | 6.1 | 1,005 | 13,743 | 53.3% | 25.0% | |
| 55.17% | 29 | 1.4 | 728 | 13,184 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 53.85% | 28 | 6.0 | 918 | 13,443 | 60.0% | 45.5% | |
| 50.00% | 28 | 3.1 | 748 | 13,527 | 33.3% | 62.5% | |
| 33.33% | 25 | 4.2 | 861 | 11,865 | 37.5% | 25.0% | |
| 60.00% | 25 | 1.3 | 680 | 13,636 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 24 | 1.2 | 783 | 11,552 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 34.78% | 24 | 1.8 | 702 | 12,714 | 57.1% | 25.0% | |
| 60.87% | 23 | 2.9 | 725 | 13,250 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.91% | 22 | 5.7 | 811 | 12,331 | 50.0% | 35.7% | |
| 45.45% | 22 | 6.0 | 906 | 12,033 | 41.7% | 50.0% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 5.3 | 1,084 | 13,563 | 28.6% | 57.1% | |
| 66.67% | 21 | 4.5 | 894 | 13,738 | 75.0% | 61.5% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 6.6 | 947 | 12,546 | 54.5% | 44.4% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 6.1 | 1,004 | 12,126 | 40.0% | 44.4% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 6.6 | 844 | 13,385 | 55.6% | 70.0% | |
| 72.22% | 18 | 2.4 | 885 | 14,214 | 71.4% | 72.7% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 5.3 | 721 | 10,472 | 42.9% | 36.4% | |
| 37.50% | 16 | 4.6 | 817 | 13,240 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 1.3 | 555 | 12,623 | 12.5% | 57.1% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 4.8 | 836 | 12,326 | 57.1% | 42.9% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 4.1 | 912 | 13,120 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 69.23% | 13 | 6.1 | 893 | 12,981 | 75.0% | 60.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 6.0 | 761 | 11,196 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 5.5 | 680 | 12,321 | 33.3% | 28.6% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 5.7 | 938 | 15,228 | 25.0% | 55.6% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 5.8 | 736 | 12,490 | 60.0% | 62.5% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 5.5 | 1,014 | 12,043 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 3.3 | 722 | 12,804 | 71.4% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 2.0 | 703 | 12,261 | 71.4% | 20.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 4.7 | 803 | 12,157 | 60.0% | 57.1% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 3.6 | 950 | 13,242 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 5.5 | 917 | 12,996 | 50.0% | 44.4% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 5.6 | 915 | 13,635 | 60.0% | 66.7% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 3.8 | 696 | 11,986 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 4.9 | 1,169 | 15,138 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 77.78% | 10 | 4.8 | 769 | 11,420 | 85.7% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 4.8 | 680 | 12,587 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 6.3 | 968 | 12,141 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 6.0 | 892 | 15,863 | 50.0% | 85.7% | |
| 37.50% | 9 | 4.4 | 1,012 | 11,304 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 4.5 | 800 | 9,980 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 4.3 | 719 | 10,665 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 4.4 | 1,140 | 16,457 | 50.0% | 83.3% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.3 | 1,193 | 17,075 | 0.0% | 83.3% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.2 | 781 | 14,038 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 5.4 | 994 | 14,259 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.5 | 757 | 11,575 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.0 | 1,293 | 17,004 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.9 | 792 | 13,168 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 6 | 5.4 | 1,238 | 16,490 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.1 | 1,048 | 14,235 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 1.9 | 777 | 11,627 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 6 | 4.5 | 905 | 17,197 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 2.2 | 574 | 10,864 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.0 | 767 | 13,772 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 2.6 | 1,110 | 15,052 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.6 | 1,107 | 15,894 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
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Master Yi vs Taliyah - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Master Yi do against Taliyah in League of Legends?
Taliyah wins the Master Yi vs Taliyah matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to Master Yi's 33.3%, a 33.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 15 recent ranked games in patch 26.4.
How does Master Yi do against Taliyah in the early game?
In the early game, Taliyah has the advantage against Master Yi with a 87.5% win rate versus 12.5%. Taliyah 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 Taliyah in the late game?
In the late game, Master Yi takes over the Master Yi vs Taliyah matchup with a 57.1% win rate compared to 42.9%. Master Yi scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Master Yi vs Taliyah matchup?
Taliyah wins the matchup against Master Yi with a 66.7% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.4. The 33.3 percentage point advantage means Taliyah is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 15 games analyzed.
What is the best Master Yi build against Taliyah?
The best Master Yi build against Taliyah includes Kraken Slayer, Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King with Berserker's 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 Taliyah?
The best Master Yi runes against Taliyah use the Precision primary tree with Inspiration secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Master Yi vs Taliyah matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Master Yi counter Taliyah?
No, Master Yi struggles against Taliyah with only a 33.3% win rate. Taliyah has the advantage in this matchup. Master Yi players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Taliyah's lead.
How do I play Master Yi against Taliyah?
When playing Master Yi against Taliyah, play cautiously and avoid Taliyah's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Taliyah in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.