Yi Sun-shin: Best build, Counters
Role: Assassin · Lane: Jungling
Leader of the City of the Dragon Fleet.
Yi Sun-shin – Best build
Items
Magic Shoes
War Axe
Hunter Strike
Endless Battle
Blade of Despair
Malefic Roar
Emblem
Assassin
Talents
Thrill
Seasoned Hunter
Killing Spree
Battle spell
Retribution
Yi Sun-shin – Pro build
KyleTzy · Team Falcons PH
Malefic Roar
Blade of Despair
Endless Battle
War Axe
Hunter Strike
Tough Boots
Custom Assassin Emblem
Killing Spree
Weapon Master
Thrill
Retribution
Nnael · Bigetron by Vitality
Malefic Roar
Rose Gold Meteor
Endless Battle
Sky Piercer
Tough Boots
War Axe
Custom Assassin Emblem
Killing Spree
Seasoned Hunter
Thrill
Retribution
Jotun · Alpha7 Esports
War Axe
Malefic Roar
Blade of Despair
Hunter Strike
Rapid Boots
Sky Piercer
Custom Assassin Emblem
Seasoned Hunter
Thrill
Killing Spree
Retribution
KarlTzy · Team Liquid PH
Malefic Roar
Blade of Despair
Endless Battle
Hunter Strike
War Axe
Magic Shoes
Custom Assassin Emblem
Killing Spree
Seasoned Hunter
Thrill
Retribution
Yi Sun-shin – Counters
Weak against (counters)
Yi Sun-shin is countered by heroes with CC skills, such as Franco and Kaja who can lock him down and stop him from freely swapping weapons.
Strong against
Yi Sun-shin counters heroes that lack CC like Uranus and Terizla who are at the mercy of his ability to jump in and out of melee range using his 2 weapons.
Yi Sun-shin – Skills
Heavenly Vow
Yi Sun-shin attacks with his longbow or glaive based on his distance from the target.
Weapon Mastery: After each weapon swap, his next 2 Basic Attacks gain extra Attack Speed and deal 70% and 55% Crit Damage respectively. He also gains 15% Movement Speed for 1s.
Traceless
CD: 12 Mana Cost: 50
Yi Sun-shin dashes forward and slashes with his glaive, dealing 150 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and gaining Control Immunity for 0.4s.
Each Weapon Mastery triggered reduces the cooldown of Traceless by 1s.
Blood Floods
CD: 11 Mana Cost: 60
Tap: Yi Sun-shin slashes swiftly with his glaive, dealing 240 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage.
Hold: Yi Sun-shin shoots a powerful arrow forward, dealing 240 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to the target (damage scales with hold time, up to 200%).
Casting this skill immediately triggers Weapon Mastery.
Mountain Shocker
CD: 60 Mana Cost: 150
Yi Sun-shin summons a turtle ship and reveals the whole map for 2s. The turtle ship lasts up to 10s, during which he gains 70% burst Movement Speed (decays to 20% over 2s).
Use Again: Yi Sun-shin commands the turtle ship to ram the target area, dealing 160 (+50% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies in the center and stunning them for 0.8s. Meanwhile, he commands the naval fleet to launch 3 waves of cannon attacks over a larger area. Each wave deals 160 (+50% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and slows enemies by 30%.
Casting this skill immediately triggers Weapon Mastery.
Combo
LANING COMBOS
In the laning phase, Yi Sun-shin should use his enhanced Basic Attacks from a distance, then close in with his 1st Skill and slash the enemy with two enhanced Basic Attacks. Follow up with a slash from his 2nd Skill and finish with 2 more enhanced Basic Attacks.
TEAMFIGHT COMBOS
In teamfights, start with Yi Sun-shin's Ultimate, then use his enhanced 1st Skill to send his Turtle Ship into the enemy to stun them. Follow up with ranged Basic Attacks, then use his 1st Skill to get close and perform 2 enhanced Basic Attacks. Tap his 2nd Skill to perform another slash, and secure the kill with 2 more enhanced Basic Attacks.











