Master Yi

The Wuju Bladesman · Skirmisher

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Changes in Ultimate Spellbook

+5% damage taken

Abilities

PassiveDouble Strike

Every few consecutive basic attack, Master Yi strikes twice.

QAlpha Strike20/19.5/19/18.5/18s50/55/60/65/70

Master Yi teleports across the battlefield with blinding speed, dealing physical damage to multiple units in his path, while simultaneously becoming untargetable. Alpha Strike can critically strike and deals bonus physical damage to monsters. Basic attacks reduce Alpha Strike's cooldown.

WMeditate10s40

Master Yi rejuvenates his body by focus of mind, restoring Health and taking reduced damage for a short time. In addition, Master Yi will gain stacks of Double Strike and pause the remaining duration on Wuju Style and Highlander for each second he channels.

E

Wuju Style

14s

Grants bonus true damage on basic attacks.

RHighlander85s100

Master Yi moves with unparalleled agility, temporarily increasing his Move Speed and Attack Speed as well as making him immune to all slowing effects. While active, Champion kills or assists extend Highlander's duration. Passively reduces cooldown for his other abilities on a kill or assist.

Patch history

26.18 · Sep 10, 2026

Stats
Armor growth increased to 5 from 4.5.
Highlander
Bonus movement speed increased to 40 to 60% from 35 to 55%.

26.2 · Jan 22, 2026

Stats
Armor growth increased 4.5 from 4.2.
Alpha Strike
On-hit modifier increased to 75% from 65%.

26.1 · Jan 8, 2026

Alpha Strike
Undocumented/Bug: Lesser damage bonus critical damage scaling is no longer reduced to 25%. Now scales with 100% bonus critical damage, the same scaling as the primary damage.

25.24 · Dec 3, 2025

Stats
Base health reduced to 640 from 655.
Attack damage growth reduced to 2.5 from 2.8.

25.17 · Aug 27, 2025

Stats
Base health reduced to 655 from 669.
Alpha Strike
Primary on-hit damage modifier reduced to 65% from 75%.
Lesser on-hit damage modifier reduced to 16.25% from 18.75%.

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25.16 · Aug 13, 2025

Alpha Strike
Removed: No longer is special-cased to not generate stacks of Kraken Slayer Bring It Down and Terminus Juxtaposition.

25.15 · Jul 30, 2025

Alpha Strike
Base damage reduced to 20 to 100 from 30 to 150.
AD ratio increased to 70% AD from 50% AD.
Bonus monster damage reduced to 60 to 160 from 65 to 165.

Base stats

Health640 +105/lvl
Mana251 +42/lvl
Attack Damage65 +2.5/lvl
Attack Speed0.679 +2.5/lvl
Armor33 +5/lvl
Magic Resist32 +2.05/lvl
Base Health Regen7.5 +0.65/lvl
Base Mana Regen7.25 +0.45/lvl
Move Speed355
Range175

Melee · Resource: Mana

Undocumented / Bug Fix:

Tooltip critical damage calculations have been corrected and now use the proper bonus critical damage modifier instead of using the value as a multiplier for the total critical damage.

25.6

Stats
Armor growth reduced to 4.2 from 4.7.
Alpha Strike
Bonus critical damage modifier increased to 100% (default) from 75%.
Primary critical damage increased to 175% (+ 40%) from 156.25% (+ 30%).
Lesser critical damage increased to 43.75% (+ 10%) from 39.06% (+ 7.5%).

14.24

Alpha Strike
Bonus critical damage modifier increased to 75% from 35%.
Primary critical damage increased to 156.25% (+ 30%) from 126.25% (+ 14%).

14.23

Highlander
Attack speed increased to 25 to 65% from 25 to 45%.

14.12

Alpha Strike
Bonus monster damage reduced to 65 to 165 from 75 to 175.
Meditate
Cooldown increased to 10 seconds from 9.
Initial damage reduction reduced to 70% from 90%.

14.11

Stats
Health growth increased to 105 from 100.
Attack speed growth increased to 2.5% from 2%.
Attack damage growth increased to 2.5 from 2.2.
Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 4.2.

14.9

Double Strike
Bug Fix: The double strike attack no longer incorrectly consumes an additional Hail of Blades stack.
Wuju Style
Base damage reduced to 20 to 40 from 30 to 50.

14.2

Highlander
Bug Fix: Now properly resists the slow application from Charm.

13.21

Wuju Style
Cooldown reduced to 14 seconds from 18.

13.10

Highlander
Bug Fix: Passive cooldown refund SFX on Inkshadow Master Yi is no longer audible in the fog of war.
Bug Fix: Casting Alpha Strike after activating the ability on Inkshadow Master Yi no longer leaves behind a champion after-image VFX.

13.9

Wuju Style
Bug Fix: Chosen Master Yi's light saber no longer disappears after casting it and dying then respawning prior to the ability's cooldown ending.
Highlander
Bug Fix: Chosen Master Yi's sword VFX no longer disappears during the effect.

12.22

Stats
Base mana regeneration reduced to 7.25 from 7.26.
Alpha Strike
Bug Fix: No longer sometimes causes monsters to attack him but deal no damage.

12.19

Stats
Attack damage growth reduced to 2.2 from 2.5.
Wuju Style
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 30% bonus AD from 35%.

12.15

Wuju Style
Cooldown increased to 18 seconds at all ranks from 18 to 14.

12.13

Stats
Base attack damage reduced to 65 from 66.
Attack damage growth reduced to 2.5 from 3.
Alpha Strike
Cooldown increased to 20 to 18 seconds from 18 to 16.
Meditate
Damage reduction reduced to 45 to 55% from 60 to 70%.
Stats
Attack range increased to 175 units from 125.
Alpha Strike
New Effect: Can now choose where to reposition near the initial target after the effect ends by choosing a direction around them, by default he will be placed in front of them.
Meditate
Cooldown reduced to 9 seconds from 28.
Mana cost reduced to 40 from 50.
New Effect: Now costs 6% maximum mana per second while channeling.
New Effect: Damage reduction is now increased to 90% for the first 0.5 seconds of the channel.
Damage reduction linger increased to 0.5 seconds from 0.25.
Bug Fix/Undocumented: Damage reduction now also lingers when the channel's duration ends, rather than only when the channel is cancelled.
Bug Fix/Undocumented: Damage reduction during the linger no longer has greater effectiveness against turrets and lesser effectiveness against other units.

12.11

Stats
Health growth reduced to 100 from 106.
Wuju Style
Base bonus true damage reduced to 30 to 50 from 30 to 62.

12.10

Stats
Base health increased to 669 from 599.
Health growth increased to 106 from 92.
Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.

12.9

Alpha Strike
Bug Fix: SFX is no longer sometimes audible to enemies from the fog of war.
Highlander
Bonus attack speed reduced to 25 to 45% from 25 to 65%.

12.5

Stats
Base health increased to 599 from 550.
Wuju Style
Base bonus true damage increased to 30 to 62 from 30 to 58.
Highlander
Cooldown changed to 85 seconds at all ranks from 100 to 80.
Stats
Base health reduced to 550 from 599.
Alpha Strike
AD ratio reduced to 50% AD from 60% AD.
Bonus critical damage modifier reduced to 35% from 50%.
Primary critical damage reduced to 126.25% (+ 12.25%) from 137.5% (+ 17.5%).
On-hit modifier reduced to 75% from 100%.
Subsequent hit on-hit modifier reduced to 18.75% from 25%.
Wuju Style
Base bonus true damage reduced to 30 to 58 from 30 to 62.
Highlander
Cooldown changed to 100 to 80 seconds from 85 at all ranks.
Alpha Strike
Base damage changed to 30 to 150 from 25 to 165.
AD ratio reduced to 60% AD from 90% AD.
Bonus critical damage modifier reduced to 50% from 60%.
Primary critical damage reduced to 137.5% (+ 17.5%) from 145% (+ 21%).
New Effect: Cooldown reduction per basic attack now scales down with ability haste.
New Effect: Now applies on-hit effects, reduced to 25% for subsequent hits.
Does not apply Alpha Strike cooldown reduction or stack Double Strike.
Wuju Style
Base bonus true damage reduced to 30 to 62 from 30 to 70.
New Effect: Duration is now paused during Alpha Strike.
New Effect: Can now be cast during Alpha Strike.
Highlander
New Effect: Duration is now paused during Alpha Strike.
New Effect: Can now be cast during Alpha Strike.

11.11

Alpha Strike
AD ratio reduced to 90% AD from 100% AD.
Wuju Style
Base bonus true damage increased to 30 to 70 from 20 to 60.

11.5

Wuju Style
Base bonus true damage increased to 20 to 60 from 18 to 50.

11.1

Stats
Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
Base health increased to 599 from 598.56.
Alpha Strike
Cooldown increased to 18 to 16 seconds from 18 to 14.

10.8

Highlander
Bonus attack speed reduced to 25 to 65% from 30 to 80%.

10.7

Highlander
Bug Fix: No longer cancels basic attack animation.

10.6

General
Recommended items updated.

10.3

Double Strike
Undocumented: No longer consumes a stack of Hail of Blades on-hit.

9.21

Double Strike
Bug Fix: Double Strike now properly triggers on-attack effects.

9.16

Alpha Strike
Bug Fix: Basic attack immediately following his Alpha Strike now properly grants an additional stack of Conqueror or Electrocute.

9.15

Double Strike
Undocumented: Can now critically strike structures.

9.12

Double Strike
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where stacks were lasting 3 seconds instead of 4.

9.11

Alpha Strike
Repeated strike damage increased to 25% from 15%.
Stats
No longer has 0.054 additional attack speed at level one.
Alpha Strike
Repeated strike damage reduced to 15% from 25%.

9.10

Alpha Strike
Removed: No longer has a 0.1-second cast time.
New Effect: If Master Yi has struck less then the maximum amount of targets and there are no eligible targets nearby, he strikes the same target for 25% damage before checking again. These minor strikes deal damage instantly.
New Effect: Duration is now always 0.8 seconds, rather than depending on the number of targets.
Meditate
Removed No longer has a 0.05-second cast time.
Wuju Style
Removed: No longer gains 10% bonus AD while off cooldown.
Highlander
Bonus movement speed changed to 35 to 55% bonus movement speed from 25 to 45% multiplicative movement speed.

9.8

Highlander
New Effect: While active, Master Yi is now ghosted.

9.1

Highlander
New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.