Master Yi vs Jax Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Master Yi versus Jax — a fighter/assassin hybrid against a fighter. 276 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Master Yi at a 42.8% win rate into Jax. Sitting 7.2 points below the 50% line marks Jax as a genuine problem pick for Master Yi.
Track Meditate on Master Yi and Grandmaster-at-Arms on Jax — the lane swings on those two. Whoever spends Highlander or Grandmaster-at-Arms first hands the other a window.
Neither profile surprises the other: Master Yi and Jax are both physical threats. Master Yi opens on 640 health and 33 armour, Jax on 650 and 36. By level 18 that becomes 2425 health and 110 armour for Master Yi against 2401 and 107 for Jax. Speed reads 355 to 350, handing Master Yi the better rotations.
Both champions are melee (Master Yi at 175, Jax at 125), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Read 42.8% as a trend: 276 games is useful, not final.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Jax has the statistical edge. Master Yi wins 42.8% of the recorded games.
42.8% from Master Yi's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
276 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Master Yi build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Master Yi build page.