Yunara counters (Bot)

Common role: ADC

The best counter to Yunara in Bot is Veigar: 56.4% win rate over 562 ranked games on patch 26.21.

A crit marksman whose transcendent state upgrades every ability.

What makes Yunara dangerous

Yunara's crits deal bonus magic damage, her Q spreads attacks to nearby enemies with on-hit bonuses, W slows with beads (a laser when transcendent), E grants ghosted speed (a dash when transcendent), and her ultimate enters the Transcendent State that upgrades everything at once.

How to counter Yunara

• 1Force fights while her ult is down — base form is a plain crit ADC.
• 2Spread out: her Q cleave punishes clumping around the target.
• 3Her transcendent dash is the only real escape — bait it, then lock her.
• 4MR shreds her hybrid crit damage surprisingly well.

What are Yunara's weaknesses?

• ✓Weak windows when the ultimate form is down.
• ✓Crit-scaling: pre-two-items she's tame.
• ✓Base form has no dash at all.
• ✓Hybrid damage rewards mixed defenses.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Yunara's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Vow of the First Lands

  Yunara's Critical Strikes deal bonus magic damage.

  Strong: crits burn bonus magic damage — hybrid shred. Weak: crit-dependent: before two items the passive is noise.

• Q
  Cultivation of Spirit

  Yunara gains Attack Speed, bonus damage On-Hit, and her Attacks spread to nearby enemies.

  Strong: attack speed plus on-hit splash to nearby enemies. Weak: splash radius is small — spread from the focused target.

• W
  Arc of Judgment | Arc of Ruin

  Yunara fires a spinning prayer bead that deals damage and slows enemies. While in her Transcendent State she instead fires off a laser that deals damage and slows enemies.

  Strong: a slowing bead; transcendent — a piercing laser. Weak: straight lines both — strafe on the wind-up.

• E
  Kanmei's Steps | Untouchable Shadow

  Yunara gains Move Speed and becomes Ghosted. While in her Transcendent State she instead dashes in a direction.

  Strong: ghosted speed; transcendent — a real dash. Weak: base form has NO dash — punish her before the ult.

• R
  Transcend One's Self

  Yunara enters a Transcendent State that upgrades her basic Abilities.

  Strong: upgrades every basic ability at once — her true power window. Weak: a timed state — disengage it, fight the base form.

Itemization

Punish base-form windows and her two-item power curve. Mixed resists blunt the hybrid crits.

This guide covers Yunara's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.