Overview
With recent marksman buffs, the double marksman composition has returned to the meta, offering faster scaling and consistent damage, especially in objectives and extended fights. The standard lineup—Roam, Mage, EXP, Marksman, and Assassin (Marksman)—provides strong lane pressure, crowd control, and sustained DPS across all game phases. Instead of a pure assassin or utility jungler, teams should maximize the buff lane by selecting a marksman jungler to increase efficiency and overall damage output. Yi Sun-Shin excels in this role due to his high mobility, burst damage, and global vision, allowing effective rotations, safer decision-making, and strong objective control, making him a versatile and reliable pick in the current patch.
Strengths
Yi Sun-Shin is a strong and versatile jungler in the current meta, benefiting from the double marksman buffs. As an assassin; marksman hybrid, he offers both burst damage and sustained DPS, making him effective in scaling and objective-focused teams. His form-switching grants high mobility for fast rotations and strong objective control, while his global ultimate provides vision and poke to control the map and set up fights. Overall, his damage, mobility, and vision make him a highly adaptable and reliable pick.
Weaknesses
Despite his strengths, Yi Sun-Shin has several weaknesses that can be exploited with proper drafting and gameplay. His effectiveness heavily depends on items and levels, making him vulnerable during the early game. If his jungle is invaded or his farming is disrupted, he struggles to reach his power spike and may fall behind in tempo. Yi Sun-Shin is also mechanically demanding. His damage output relies on proper timing between melee and ranged stances. Mistakes in positioning or stance usage can significantly reduce his effectiveness in team fights. Unlike tanky junglers, he is relatively fragile, meaning he can be eliminated quickly if caught by crowd control. Another major weakness is his susceptibility to hard crowd control and burst divers. Heroes with fast gap closers or lock-down abilities can prevent him from repositioning and dealing damage effectively. Once his mobility skills are on cooldown, Yi Sun-Shin becomes an easy target.
BURST ITEM
First buy the brown boots don't buy the item yet, then buy the Fury Hammer from the Blade of Heptaseas then, prio war axe then buy that item logically from what you see here, Fury Hammer alone can get a damage and penetration enough for early clash, about immortality, you can do buy and sell there
Team fight and Pick off
KILLING SPREE to sustain Yi sun shin in clash by gaining hp recovery and movement speed for mobility during clash. SEASONED HUNTER since Yi sun shin rely on item he mush get the buff and creeps early RUPTURE to enhance and maximise the burst potential of a hero
Battle Spell
Retribution is chosen to secure jungle objectives efficiently, providing faster jungle clear, reliable last-hitting on buffs, Turtle, and Lord, and enabling Yi Sun-Shin to scale safely and maintain objective control throughout the game.
Aki
Keep distance, use only the ult if you're feeling that someone was hiding, throw ultimate advance toward the direction they're running to don't just click, the 3rd skill back swing, if you throw ultimate so far the stun was very slow and very near target the back swing will be lowered, the closer the better
Best With Kalea
100% co-op win rate
For Pick off and punish and kalea helps you sustain in clash even you are a Marskman
Watch Out For Miya
20% counter win rate
There was no counter for Yi sun shin if he is used properly, always keep distance and careful for dive