YasuoMatchups Spreadsheet
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Optimized Yasuo builds, runes, skill orders, and matchup strategies — plus expert tips and guides for every Yasuo matchup. Brought to you by League of Matchups, your source for counter-picking insights.
| Matchup | Threat | Games | WR | Gold @ 15 | Gold Diff | Tips | |
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 Ahri  | Easy | 377 | 51% | +353 | +1010 | Wait until level 3 to trade so that you have windwall to block charm. Bait out her charm and look for short trades. Look to engage when ahri uses q on the wave to push, she may attempt to charm you mid E, if you q during e you can windwall mid dash to block her charm. Avoid ulting her when she has ult up since she can ult out to safety. | |
Skill Priority Q Steel Tempest Thrusts forward, damaging all enemies in a line. On hit, grants a stack of Gathering Storm for a few seconds. At 2 stacks, Steel Tempest fires a whirlwind that knocks Airborne. Steel Tempest is treated as a basic attack and scales with all the same things.  E Sweeping Blade Dashes through target enemy, dealing magic damage. Each cast increases subsequent dash's damage, up to a max amount. Cannot be re-cast on the same enemy for a few seconds. If Steel Tempest is cast while dashing, it will strike as a circle.  W Wind Wall Creates a moving wall that blocks all enemy projectiles for 4 seconds. 52.31% WR 325 Matches Summoner Spells  53.45% WR 116 Matches Skill OrderQ Steel Tempest Thrusts forward, damaging all enemies in a line. On hit, grants a stack of Gathering Storm for a few seconds. At 2 stacks, Steel Tempest fires a whirlwind that knocks Airborne. Steel Tempest is treated as a basic attack and scales with all the same things. 2 4 5 7 9 W Wind Wall Creates a moving wall that blocks all enemy projectiles for 4 seconds. 3 E Sweeping Blade Dashes through target enemy, dealing magic damage. Each cast increases subsequent dash's damage, up to a max amount. Cannot be re-cast on the same enemy for a few seconds. If Steel Tempest is cast while dashing, it will strike as a circle. 1 8 10 12 13  R Last Breath Blinks to an For a moderate time afterwards, Yasuo's critical strikes gain significant Bonus Armor Penetration. 6 11                       51.1% WR348 Matches       Starting Items   52.6% WR 78 Matches Core Items   47.6% WR 21 Matches 4th Item Options50.0% WR62 Matches  68.9% WR45 Matches 48.0% WR25 Matches 5th Item Options50.0% WR10 Matches 100.0% WR7 Matches  71.4% WR7 Matches 6th Item Options 60.0% WR5 Matches  66.7% WR3 Matches 100.0% WR2 Matches Laning Phase (@15 min)Gold Diff+353 CS Diff+9 XP Diff+85 Ally Ganks1.07 Enemy Ganks1.68 KDA2 / 2 / 1 End of GameTotal Gold Diff+1,010 Total CS Diff+24 Total XP Diff0 KDA6 / 6 / 5 Split Push | |||||||
 Akali | Easy | 332 | 48% | -167 | -185 | Yasuo wins early but Akali has tools to play safe. At level 2-3 if you bait out her shroud and avoid fighting her while its up, You want to ult akali when her ult is down and force Akali to burn her ult when you can. | |
 Sylas | Easy | 328 | 46% | +141 | +645 | Sylas can outsustain Yasuo in the early game so the solution is to build Dblade into DShield, try to windwall his E and land your ult while Sylas W is down | |
 Zed | Easy | 315 | 48% | -64 | -110 | Play Aggressive level 1-2, Zed hits his spike level 3, you want to hold your windwall until Zed uses his W to guarantee you block more damage, take advantage of Zed w being down. Take Exhaust for this matchup, post6 when zed ults you want to wait .5 seconds, E away, then exhaust Zed to block the initial burst negating the effectiveness of Zed's R. If Zed ever ults you mid tornado, throw your tornado behind you to guarantee it lands | |
 Viktor | Easy | 284 | 53% | +274 | +538 | 💬 No tips yet — Be the first to add a tip! | |
 Vladimir | Hard | 280 | 51% | -141 | -410 | 💬 No tips yet — Be the first to add a tip! | |
 Syndra | Favored | 273 | 53% | +114 | -331 | 💬 No tips yet — Be the first to add a tip! | |
 Galio | Easy | 266 | 43% | +347 | +1066 | Boring Matchup both sides have no kill threat, since Galio has strong CC and gank set up you should watch out for the jungler. You want to bait out Galio W in this lane, engage when its down to avoid his combo. Cleanse is a decent option depending on their team comp | |