How to beat Yone

Common role: Mid / Top

A hybrid-damage skirmisher who dashes in with his spirit and knocks up with Q3.

What makes Yone dangerous

Yone builds up his Q into a knock-up dash (Q3), can enter and retreat with his ultimate and his spirit form (E), and mixes physical and magic damage so single-resistance itemization doesn't fully stop him. He scales hard into the mid and late game.

How to play against Yone

• 1Respect his Q3 (the third Q that dashes and knocks up) — when his Q is stacked, don't stand in a straight line in front of him.
• 2His E (Soul Unbound) returns him to where he cast it and only deals a portion of the damage taken there. Chase him past the return point or CC him before E ends to punish it.
• 3Trade when his Q is not stacked and his E is on cooldown — that's when he has no escape and no knock-up.
• 4His ultimate is a wide dash-through knock-up; sidestep to the flank so he can't line it up on your whole team.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Weak and immobile while his Q isn't stacked and E is down.
• ✓Squishy early — no defensive stats until items.
• ✓E has a hard punish window if you follow up.
• ✓Relies on landing Q3/ult to engage; dodge them and he's stuck.

Abilities & how to counter them

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

• P
  Weg des Jägers

  Yone verursacht bei jedem zweiten Angriff magischen Schaden. Außerdem ist seine kritische Trefferchance erhöht.

• Q
  Sterblicher Stahl

  Greift nach vorn an und fügt allen Gegnern in einer Linie Schaden zu.Bei einem Treffer wird einige Sekunden lang eine Steigerung von „Aufziehender Sturm“ gewährt. Bei 2 Steigerungen lässt die nächste Aktivierung von „Sterblicher Stahl“ Yone mit einem Windstoß nach vorn springen, wodurch Gegner in die Luft geschleudert werden.

  Strong: builds to a dash-and-knock-up on the third cast. Weak: telegraphed when stacked — don't stand in a line in front of him with Q charged.

• W
  Bloßgelegte Seele

  Yone greift nach vorn an und fügt allen Gegnern in einem kegelförmigen Bereich Schaden zu. Gewährt Yone einen Schild, der sich mit der Anzahl von getroffenen Champions erhöht.Die Abklingzeit und Ausführungsdauer von „Bloßgelegte Seele“ skalieren mit dem Angriffstempo.

• E
  Entfesselter Geist

  Yones Geist verlässt seinen Körper, woraufhin sich sein Lauftempo erhöht. Wenn die Fähigkeit endet, kehrt Yones Geist wieder in seinen Körper zurück und ein Teil des Schadens, den er als Geist verursacht hat, wird erneut zugefügt.

  Strong: enters spirit form to reposition, returning to the cast point. Weak: only a fraction of damage taken follows him back — burst him past the return point or CC him before E ends.

• R
  Besiegeltes Schicksal

  Yone teleportiert sich hinter den letzten Champion in einer Reihe und greift mit einem enormen Schlag an, wodurch er alle getroffenen Gegner zu sich heranzieht.

  Strong: a wide dash-through knock-up that catches groups. Weak: a fixed line — sidestep to the flank so he can't line up your whole team.

Itemization

Because Yone is hybrid, mixed defenses beat him: pair armor and magic resist rather than stacking one. Attack-speed slows (Randuin's, Frozen Heart) blunt his on-hit crit side; a Zhonya's baits out his all-in.

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