Naafiri vs Yasuo — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Naafiri against Yasuo · 50.76% win rate over 2,096 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Naafiri is favoured — Naafiri owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 1. Naafiri wins 50.76% of games vs Yasuo in mid lane (2,096 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NaafiriLevel 1 your pack pressure beats Yasuo's weak pre-crit start.
Level 2NaafiriAt 2 you punish his farming while Wind Wall is on cooldown.
Level 3NaafiriLevel 3 you dive to melee where Wind Wall can't block your damage.
Levels 4-5NaafiriThrough 4-5 you keep shoving and winning trades on his W timer.
Level 6NaafiriAt 6 Yasuo's knockup into Last Breath flips the all-in his way.
First itemYasuoFirst item you can burst him first if you catch him without Wind Wall.
Two+ itemsNaafiriAt 2+ items your pack pressure and R engage reclaim the edge.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 you win: Yasuo is weak before crit and your pack pressure beats his early trades, just don't feed Q into his Wind Wall and instead close to melee.

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The full Naafiri 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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