How to win lane as Brand against Yasuo · 52.07% win rate over 726 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Level 1: Yasuo has no ranged tool to contest your Pillar of Flame poke, giving you the early lead. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level 2: same story — he's stuck farming melee-range while you poke freely. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3: your W adds even more zoning pressure that he simply cannot answer. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5: full combo and Ablaze stacking keep punishing his approach to farm. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Level 6: his Wind Wall can't fully answer your multi-angle Pyroclasm threat, so your spike stays stronger. |
| First item | Brand | 1st item: your burst combo still out-trades his itemization at this stage. |
| Two+ items | Brand | 2+ items: aside from a coordinated Last Breath pick, your ranged poke and ult zoning keep you favored in straight fights. |
Levels 1-2 already favor you since Yasuo has no way to poke back at range, and this only compounds by levels 3-5 — Pillar of Flame chunks him every time he approaches to farm with Steel Tempest, and Wind Wall can only block one cast at a time, so you can bait it out before committing your real combo.
The full Brand vs Yasuo report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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