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Master Yi League Classic guide

FILE MASTER YI · PATCH 3.15.5

Master Yi · Master Yi — the Wuju Bladesman

Master Yi is included in Riot's official 60-champion League Classic roster. This guide preserves Riot 3.15.5 history and does not claim launch-verified values, performance data or an optimal build.

JungleMidAssassin

Evidence status: Historical reference
Source era: Riot Data Dragon 3.15.5
Region: global historical snapshot
Last verified: 2026-07-16

Historical Classic reference. Current launch-version build verification is still pending.

Service statusLeague Classic is live globally and in mainland China

Entity dataHistorical reference; launch values verified per entity

Build statusHistorical Classic only; launch build verification in progress

Source era / patch: 3.15.5
Position: Jungle
Region: global historical snapshot
Last verified: 2026-07-16

Summoner Spells

Smite
Flash

Rune page direction

Greater Glyph of Ability Power
Greater Glyph of Attack Damage
Greater Glyph of Magic Penetration
Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power
Greater Glyph of Scaling Attack Damage
Greater Mark of Ability Power

Open rune library →

Mastery distribution

Defense 7 · Offense 1

Block
Tough Skin
Unyielding
Bladed Armor
Oppression
Reinforced Armor

Open mastery trees →

Starting items

Hunter's Machete
Health Potion
Scrying Orb (Trinket)

First recall

Berserker's Greaves
Wriggle's Lantern

Core direction

Berserker's Greaves
Wriggle's Lantern
Avarice Blade

Boots

Berserker's Greaves

Situational branches

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Infinity Edge
Trinity Force
Last Whisper
Banshee's Veil
Guardian Angel

Skill priority

Not recorded — verify in the launch client

Special Builds

Master Yi special playstyles

These cards record officially named or still-tracked Classic playstyles on this champion page. A Riot mention is not a complete recommended build.

Evidence: RIOT_OFFICIAL_PLAYSTYLE_MENTION
Era: Official Classic pitch
Position: Not published
Last verified: 2026-08-19

Remember experimenting with old Runes and Masteries to play things like Bankplank? Or terrorizing opponents with AP Master Yi or Sion mid? What about AD Alistar?
AP Yi, Deathfire Grasp, Fortify, 1% Crit Runes – it's all here.

Riot names AP Master Yi as a remembered Classic-era experiment.
The official homepage lists AP Yi beside Deathfire Grasp as part of the returning-era pitch.

Named items in official or archived text

Deathfire GraspNamed on the official Classic homepage in the same returning-era list as AP Yi. Not a published core recipe.

Historical 3.15.5 AP catalog direction. Riot named AP Yi and Deathfire Grasp; Lich Bane, Deathcap, Sorcerer's Shoes and Void Staff are period AP items, not a Riot official complete recipe.

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Core direction

Situational branches

Void Staff

Rune direction

Greater Mark of Magic Penetration
Greater Glyph of Ability Power
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power
Greater Quintessence of Magic Penetration

Featured player guide

How to read Master Yi with launch verification pending

Unique historical context is shown first; every launch-sensitive conclusion remains a recheck item until direct client evidence is recorded.

Why this champion matters in Classic

Riot names AP Master Yi as one of the old playstyles League Classic is meant to revisit. The official reference confirms the identity, but it does not publish a launch build or final ratios.

Historical playstyle

The 3.15.5 snapshot combines Alpha Strike access, Meditate durability, Wuju Style attacks and Highlander tempo. The stored recommendation is a jungle attack-speed path, so it should not be confused with Riot's separate AP Yi launch teaser.

Role differences

Jungle and Mid are navigation labels from the historical record. Smite, Hunter's Machete and Wriggle's Lantern make this specific stored item direction jungle-scoped; no launch role rate is inferred.

Historical build logic

The recommendation moves from jungle sustain into Berserker's Greaves and Wriggle's Lantern, then leaves critical strike, armor penetration and defenses as situational branches. It is a dated reading path, not an optimized 2026 sequence.

Key item interactions

Avarice Blade and the later critical-strike options belong to the archived recommendation. Whether those items, their recipes, or their interaction with Double Strike and Alpha Strike survive launch must be checked in-client.

Rune direction

The linked burst page supplies a historical penetration-and-damage rune reading set. Exact slots and quantities are not promoted as a completed launch rune page.

Mastery direction

The linked historical node set leans toward damage and utility. Rank allocation is not recorded, so the Quick Build shows node distribution rather than inventing a 21/9/0 page.

Skill priority evidence

No exact skill order survives in the stored recommendation. Launch review must compare Alpha Strike access, Meditate ranks and Wuju Style damage before any priority can be published.

Historical strengths

Historical kit offers target access, self-sustain and attack tempo in distinct buttons.
The Riot teaser gives AP Yi unusually strong official intent relevance.

Historical weaknesses

The stored item path and Riot's AP Yi teaser describe different directions.
Cooldowns, costs, ratios, jungle rules and item availability remain launch-pending.

What changed from modern League

The ability names remain recognizable, but matching names do not prove matching damage, resets, defensive behavior or scaling.

Recheck at launch

AP and attack-speed ratios
Alpha Strike targeting and reset rules
Wriggle's Lantern availability
Jungle start and Smite behavior

Quick Answer

Master Yi historical snapshot

Master Yi's historical kit combines Double Strike, Alpha Strike, Meditate, Wuju Style, Highlander. Read the spell summaries together with the historical item direction and the explicit launch-verification limits.

Roster evidence boundary

Riot's official Classic Champions page confirms Master Yi in the 60-champion roster. The kit, values and build shown here remain version-labelled historical references, not automatically launch-verified data.

Historical kit

Master Yi abilities

Summaries and displayed values come from the labelled historical snapshot. Observed and launch-verified fields remain empty until direct client evidence exists.