Talk:Master Yi/@comment-2248060-20130102152224/@comment-4834593-20130102203715

Top lane Yi doesn't work. You should play him mid, harras the enemy mid with Q all the time (and farm with it in the meanwhile, also make sure to NEVER Q to the enemy himself except if you go for a kill or think he won't harras back), heal up with W if you get close to the amount of health from which he can burst you, start Chalice of Harmony and Sorcerers Shoes, once you get better at Yi also take Mejai's Soulstealer (for me it works out in about 80-90% of my games, don't see why it would be different for others), then go for Deathcap, except if you feel really unsure of your survivability (shouldn't be needed with Meditate), in that case go RoA or Rylai's. After that take items like Lich Bane, Athenes (I normally take that one as last item), Void Staff, Hextech Gunblade, etc.

Also start with boots + 1 health pot + 2 mana pots. Meditate is a really good way to transfer mana into health, which makes mana pots just better than health pots, and that one health pot should be enough until level 2. Also do not forget to gank bot a lot once you have your ult. Mostly if you bought Mejais, as it's normally free stacks.