Support Master Yi Build

General

1. You're a healer, Harry.
2. Even though Master Yi is not typical support, you are gonna support your team very effectively. With heals, shields and buffs:
• Heal summoner spell.
• Guardian rune.
• Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari and Moonstone Renewer and other items.

1. 🛡️ Play safe, stay in the back and play like support, so you can stay and heal more.
2. ⚔️ Sometimes, you can go in and play more aggressively when the opportunity is right.
3. 💖 Focus on healing and shielding to keep allies alive.
4. ✨ Use Redemption, Locket, and Heal on cooldown for healing.

General

1. Your first rush is Redemption.
2. Your second rush can be Locket of the Iron Solari (vs AoE), Moonstone Renewer (sustain).
3. Also, Echoes of Helia is pretty good because you can proc it consistently with Font of Life (slow/cc).
4. Rush second Locket if your team already doing teamfights or when an enemy team has champions with super aoe damage (example: like Fiddle's ult). Otherwise, get Moonstone Renewer #2. The third item should be whatever you did not buy - Locket of the Iron Solari or Moonstone Renewer. That's your core.
5. Another decent item if you have carry/strong bruiser/strong tank is Knight's Vow.
6. Try to use summoner spell Heal on cooldown. With Moonstone Renewer, ideally there should be at least two people for maximum healing effect.
7. Later in the game, for maximum support - you can sell boots for sixth item.
8. You can get items like Ardent Censer (some auto attackers needed) or Staff of Flowing Water. It will be triggered often enough that it will be worth.
9. Interesting item is Cryptbloom. If you want to go full healing, you can get it like #4+ item.

Runes

1. With Cosmic Insight rune from Inspiration tree:
• Redemption and Locked of the Iron Solari has 81.92 sec cooldown (down from 90 sec).
• Shurelya's Battlesong has 68.12 sec cooldown (down from 75 sec).
2. Guardian is important rune. It is going to provide tons of shielding. Remember that you need to be close to your allies to proc it.
• You can also manipulate it - for example, you can stick to one ally, or avoid some spells that's gonna only waste it.
3. Another important rule is Cosmic Insight, it reduces cooldown for your active items (so more heals/shielding) and Heal summoner spell.

Redemption

1. Try to use Redemption on cooldown, when your allies are missing some health. It is best to use when they are grouped. Especially if you already have Moonstone Renewer, it is best to wait (or ping) until they group together, so you can have them all healed.
2. Remember that you can use Redemption for the damage. However, in general, it is not worth it. Keep it to heal your team!
3. Be careful when using Redemption while you are dead, and you are about to be respawned. The camera will go to your position, and you can cast it in the spawning pool by mistake. Watch out for bad timing!

Utility

1. Most players will assume you are playing some meta Master Yi damage build, so you naturally draw extra focus in fights. Use this to your advantage - bait enemy cooldowns or pull pressure off your actual carries.
2. Stay near your ADC and help them. Your presence alone makes enemies hesitate, and your autos plus Wuju Style (E) provide some damage.
3. You can run around fights pretending to dive in - enemies often panic and waste abilities on you. Back off after baiting, then re-enter when it’s safer.
4. Your Meditate (W) lets you soak damage and stall fights. Use it to tank big abilities, buy time for your team, or make enemies overcommit resources on you instead of your carry.

Damage

1. Even without full damage items, you still do some damage. Double strike from Double Strike (Passive), true damage from Wuju Style (E) and Alpha Strike (Q). On top of that, you have reset mechanics.

Positioning & Distraction

1. You can pretend that you are a carry - often people won't check your items or even when they do, muscle memory will make them think you are threat. That means less attention to actual carries.
2. Go in and out of fights to draw attention and cooldowns and cause chaos - pop Highlander (R) to move freely, go forward, run around, then retreat with Alpha Strike (Q) or Meditate (W). The constant threat of resets will keep enemies cautious.
3. Even as support, you can snowball fights with your reset mechanic - one kill or assist can let you snowball in fights.

Alpha Strike (Q)

1. You can dodge a lot of skillshots with Alpha Strike (Q). Even global ultimates, if you time it properly. Activate it just as the ability is about to hit you.
2. You can use Alpha Strike (Q) to drop turret's aggro. That's very important during dives!
3. Use Alpha Strike (Q) to poke enemies standing near minions — the ability will bounce to nearby targets, letting you harass safely from a distance. Works with your Wuju Style (E) as well as with On-Hit items!
4. By using Q on a dying minion — if the minion dies mid-cast - you won't teleport. This can be useful to baiting enemies as well as dishing out some poke with Q.
5. Alpha Strike (Q) can be used to escape by targeting nearby minions or enemies — you're untargetable during the cast, which can help dodge key skill shots or buy time for cooldowns and allies.

Wuju Style (E)

1. If you are sure you are gonna hit someone with Q, you can activate Wuju Style (E) mid-flight for additional poke damage.

Riot

1. If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
2. Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
3. Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.