Master Yi ARAM Mayhem Build

The Wuju Bladesman. One of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #10 of 173 champions.

SPatch 26.21FighterAssassinNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: S
Win rate: 55.3%
Pick rate: 10.6%
Rank: #10 of 173
Games: 2,447,554
Patch: 26.21

How to play Master Yi in ARAM Mayhem

Master Yi is one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier S, #10 of 173 champions, with a 55.3% win rate over 2,447,554 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 11% of games, so expect to see it on both sides.

72% of Master Yi's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. A notable 25% of it is true damage. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills. It dies 13.1 times per game on average: it trades its life for impact, so time your engages with your team.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 57.2% win rate over 941,775 games. On this build 44% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Master Yi are Ultra Hydra, Clown College and Weapon of Destiny. Cards built around attack speed and on-hit fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Spin Me Right Round and Flashbang when you can: they do worst on Master Yi. A pair to look for: Ultra Hydra with Heavy Is The Crown.

Take Flash and Mark (93% of players). Max Q (Alpha Strike) first, then E, then W.

Master Yi ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Master Yi game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

57.2% win rate · 45% of Master Yi games · 941,775 games

Start

Tiamat

Core items, in buying order

The Collector
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Master Yi, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	13%
No boots	44%
Berserker's Greaves	34%

Situational, after the core

Endless Hunger12% buy it
Hubris2% buy it
Death's Dance29% buy it
Voltaic Cyclosword2% buy it
Essence Reaver5% buy it
Fiendhunter Bolts4% buy it

Other build paths

Other Master Yi build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Endless Hunger	4.0%	56.6%
BruiserThe Collector, Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance	8.9%	56.0%
On-hitKraken Slayer, Blade of The Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade	13.6%	55.7%

Games: the share of all Master Yi games that went this way.

Most bought items

The Collector72% of games
Blade of The Ruined King54% of games
Infinity Edge51% of games
Berserker's Greaves33% of games
Death's Dance31% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards26% of games
Navori Flickerblade24% of games
Hubris18% of games
Guinsoo's Rageblade16% of games
Endless Hunger14% of games

Best augments for Master Yi

Every card with enough Master Yi games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Master Yi's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Escape PlanTier A
2escAPADeTier A
3ZealotTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Master Yi

6 S tier and 38 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Master Yi in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier S	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Double Tap	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Critical Strikes apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects an additional time. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier S	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Third Times the Harm	Prismatic	Tier A	–
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Typhoon	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks shoot a missile at an additional target, dealing 30% damage and applying On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Lil' Extra Help	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range and Melee 75% / Ranged 40% Attack Speed during your selected ability duration.
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
It's Critical	Gold	Tier A	Gain Critical Strike Chance 50% Crit chance.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Vulnerability	Gold	Tier A	Your Item and damage over time effects can Critically Strike for 145% extra damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.

Average on Master Yi
54 cards, best first

Below average on Master Yi
33 cards, best first

Weakest on Master Yi
12 cards, best first

Best first augment for Master Yi

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Master Yi's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Ultra Hydra, Clown College and Weapon of Destiny come out on top.

The best augments for Master Yi in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Ultra HydraTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Double TapTier S
2	Clown CollegeTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Clown CollegeTier S
3	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Mystic PunchTier S	Mystic PunchTier S	Mystic PunchTier S
4	Urf's ChampionTier S	Ultra HydraTier S	Double TapTier S	escAPADeTier A
5	Double TapTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Dual WieldTier S	Escape PlanTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Master Yi, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark93% of players · 55.5% win rate
Flash + Ghost6% of players · 53.4% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 53.1% win rate

Skill order

QAlpha Strike
EWuju Style
WMeditate

Max Q first. 95% of players use this order (56.4% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Master Yi in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 15.6 / 13.1 / 17.6
KDA: 2.69
Damage to champions: 42,944
Damage taken: 38,673
Self-mitigated: 37,314
Healing on allies: 1
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 1 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 16:23

Damage type

Physical 72%Magic 4%True 25%

Questions and answers

What is the best Master Yi build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Master Yi: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Master Yi in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Master Yi, best first: Ultra Hydra, Clown College, Weapon of Destiny, Mystic Punch and Double Tap. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Master Yi good in ARAM Mayhem?

Master Yi is tier S on patch 26.21, #10 of 173 champions, with a 55.3% win rate over 2.4 million games. That makes it one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Master Yi in ARAM Mayhem?

For Master Yi's first pick on patch 26.21: Ultra Hydra, Clown College, Weapon of Destiny, Urf's Champion and Double Tap, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Master Yi counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.