Master Yi·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Master Yi Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Boots and Kraken Slayer. For your last 3 items, you should build Guinsoo's Rageblade, Death's Dance and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 53.9% winrate over 2 869 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Master Yi Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Blade of The Ruined King, which you should build first, followed by Boots as your second item and Kraken Slayer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Guinsoo's Rageblade, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.0% win rate over 2 492 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Kraken Slayer as your first item, then Boots as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Blade of The Ruined King, Wit's End and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 51.0% win rate across 1 567 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Master Yi Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Eyeball Collection with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then finish Boots as your second item, and Guinsoo's Rageblade as third item. The last 3 options are Wit's End, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.2% win rate over 1 074 matches played.

Situational Master Yi Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Master Yi build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.