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Who Wins
- Pre-6 you win almost every trade through range advantage, poison sustain damage, and W negating Yasuo's primary damage tool — at level 1 you can freely auto-harass, and level 2 W makes any Yasuo aggression heavily punishable.
- Post-6 the matchup becomes more dangerous because Yasuo's R gives him a reliable all-in setup, but you still win if you respect his tornado and use W reactively rather than proactively, since a blinded Yasuo in R animation still deals reduced damage.
How to Trade
- Your best trading pattern is to auto-harass from max range to stack poison, use W reactively the moment Yasuo dashes onto you or attempts Q, and immediately disengage after W is used to avoid trading into his full combo.
- Short trades heavily favor you — extended fights where W is on cooldown and Yasuo has his Q available can turn against you, so hit-and-run with poison stacking is your optimal pattern.
Wave Control
- You want to maintain a slow push or neutral wave to keep Yasuo in the open lane where your range advantage is maximized and he has no minion targets to dash through safely.
- Avoid letting the wave crash under your tower repeatedly, as it removes your poke window and gives Yasuo a safer position to farm without taking harass.
Mistakes to Avoid
- Do not use W preemptively or on a minion — W has a meaningful cooldown and using it before Yasuo commits means he simply waits it out and all-ins you with full Q access.
- Saving W for the moment he actually dashes onto you is what makes this matchup winnable at all stages of the game, and burning it early is the most common mistake that turns a winning lane into a losing one.
Created on 07/11/2026
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