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Yasuo

How to beat Yasuo

Common role: Mid / Top

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

Best counters vs Yasuo

Champions with the highest win rate against Yasuo on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.

  1. 1Aurelion SolAurelion Sol63.7%109 games
  2. 2RivenRiven59.8%153 games
  3. 3TaliyahTaliyah59.2%122 games
  4. 4NasusNasus60.6%44 games
  5. 5MalphiteMalphite57.3%118 games
  6. 6MalzaharMalzahar56.3%489 games
  7. 7AnnieAnnie56.6%198 games
  8. 8VladimirVladimir55.8%456 games

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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

Weaknesses to exploit

Abilities & how to counter them

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

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.

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