How to beat Yasuo

Common role: Mid / Top

A mobile melee skirmisher who snowballs off kills and windwalls your key ability.

What makes Yasuo dangerous

Yasuo dashes through minions with his Q-tornado wind-up and E, and his Wind Wall (W) blocks all incoming projectiles. He is weak early but becomes a terror once he has two items and enough crit. His whole gameplan is stacking kills and knocking you up to combo his ultimate.

How to play against Yasuo

• 1Bait his Wind Wall before you commit — don't throw your important skillshot into it. Once W is on cooldown (~25s early), you have a long window to poke and all-in.
• 2Punish him for last-hitting: every time he dashes onto a minion he is out of position. Trade when he uses E to farm, not when his Q is stacked.
• 3Never fight while he has knock-up available (his own Q3 or an ally's CC) — that's the trigger for his ultimate. Space so his tornado can't reach you.
• 4Deny his snowball: he is one of the weakest champions in the game when behind. Play safe early, take CS, and he falls off relative to the enemy team.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Very weak first few levels and when behind.
• ✓No hard CC of his own — needs a knock-up to combo.
• ✓Windwall has a long cooldown; once it's down he's exposed.
• ✓Squishy — burst or lock him down and he dies fast.

Abilities & how to counter them

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

• P
  Camino del alma errante

  Aumenta la probabilidad de impacto crítico de Yasuo. Además, Yasuo va acumulando su escudo mientras se mueve. El escudo se activa cuando recibe daño de un campeón o monstruo.

• Q
  Tempestad de acero

  Lanza una estocada al frente que inflige daño a los enemigos en una línea.Al golpear, otorga una acumulación de Tormenta inminente durante unos cuantos segundos. Con 2 acumulaciones, Tempestad de acero inicia un remolino que lanza al objetivo por el aire.Tempestad de acero se comporta como un ataque básico y progresa del mismo modo.

  Strong: pokes and, at 2 stacks, becomes a knock-up. Weak: short range and telegraphed wind-up — sidestep the tornado and punish when it's not stacked.

• W
  Muro de viento

  Crea un muro móvil que bloquea todos los proyectiles enemigos durante 4 s.

  Strong: Wind Wall blocks every projectile, negating ranged poke and ults. Weak: long cooldown and fixed width — bait it out, then all-in while it's down.

• E
  Hoja cortante

  Se desliza a través del enemigo seleccionado, al que inflige daño mágico. Cada vez que se usa, aumenta el daño del siguiente uso hasta alcanzar un máximo.No se puede emplear más de una vez contra el mismo enemigo durante unos cuantos segundos.Si Tempestad de acero se utiliza durante un deslizamiento, golpeará de forma circular.

  Strong: dashes through minions for mobility and resets on new targets. Weak: can't dash to the same unit twice for a few seconds — catch him mid-dash with CC.

• R
  Último aliento

  Yasuo aparece junto al campeón enemigo que esté en el aire y le inflige daño físico. Además, todos los enemigos que estén en el aire permanecen suspendidos. Otorga flujo máximo, pero reinicia todas las acumulaciones de Tormenta inminente.Después, durante un breve periodo de tiempo, los golpes críticos de Yasuo obtienen una cantidad importante de penetración de armadura adicional.

  Strong: teleports to any airborne enemy for burst and armor shred. Weak: needs a knock-up to activate — deny knock-ups and his ult is dead.

Itemization

As an auto-attack/crit carry, armor and attack-speed slows hurt him most: Plated Steelcaps, Frozen Heart, Randuin's Omen. Bruisers can build Thornmail. Ranged laners just need to respect his all-in windows.

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