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
  Camino del cazador

  Yone inflige daño mágico cada dos ataques. Además, su probabilidad de impacto crítico aumenta.

• Q
  Acero mortal

  Realiza un tajo hacia delante que daña a todos los enemigos en una línea.Al golpear, otorga una acumulación de Tormenta inminente durante unos cuantos segundos. Con 2 acumulaciones, Acero mortal desliza a Yone hacia delante con una ráfaga de viento que levanta a los enemigos por los aires.

  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
  Cuchilla espiritual

  Realiza un tajo hacia delante que daña a todos los enemigos en un cono. Otorga a Yone un escudo cuyo valor aumenta en función del número de campeones alcanzados por el ataque.El enfriamiento y el tiempo de lanzamiento de Cuchillada espiritual progresan con la velocidad de ataque.

• E
  Alma desatada

  El espíritu de Yone deja su cuerpo atrás y obtiene velocidad de movimiento. Cuando esta habilidad acaba, el espíritu de Yone se ve obligado a regresar a su cuerpo y repite una parte del daño que infligió como espíritu.

  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
  Destino sellado

  Yone se desplaza detrás del último campeón en una línea con una cuchillada tan poderosa que arrastra hacia él a todos los enemigos golpeados.

  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.