Overview
Overview
Master Yi Lone Defender
Competitive pilot guide
Deck thesisMake one defender expensive to defeat, then score with the resources you deliberately kept outside that fight.
Difficulty to pilot
Moderate- The plan states in one line: put one unit where they have to attack, react last, and score with what you kept back.
- The default action is to do nothing and hold interaction, which is a forgiving posture while you are learning the deck.
- There is no probability to track and no conversion engine to price. The Chosen Champion is always available, so no hand is unplayable.
Where it gets hardCounting Fervent triggers correctly and knowing which battlefield to concede. The floor is low and the ceiling is not.
Strategic identity
Asymmetrical CommitmentOne defender absorbs, the rest scoresReactive TempoReact last, spend the minimumBurst MidrangeFervent turns choosing into MightTwo-Lane PressureIt only looks like one big unitInformation PlayScuttle and Sabotage price their turn
Resource hierarchy
1Independent battlefield bodies
2Open Energy and exact Power
3Information
4XP
5Cards
Independent battlefield bodies is the limiting resource, not value generation. §4 →
Quick reference
Default roleReactive midrange-tempo
Chosen ChampionMaster Yi, Tempered, in every matchup
Premium openingEarly unit + one protection card + a middle-game card
Primary engineOne defender alone, backed by unspent Calm and Body
Secondary engineIrelia, Fervent plus repeated choosing and readying
Main positional warningA second unit at the Hold buys Might and costs the bonus, the Poro draw and the other lane
Key rules distinctionHourglass saves the unit, not the point
Asymmetrical-commitment loop
Relevant cards
What the stage produces
Energy, Power, cards or units go into breaking one position