How to win lane as Ryze against Yasuo · 48.7% win rate (5,371 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Wind Wall eats Q and E mid-flight and his dashes laugh at your kite — root the dash-chain and trade only in the wall's cooldown.
Track: Yasuo's W — Wind Wall (25–17s cooldown). Blocks every projectile for its duration — hold your poke until it is spent.
Read from Ryze's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Yasuo favored: his Steel Tempest (Q) poke and Flow shield out-trade you at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Skill: at level 2 your combo is not online yet, so trades are even. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Ryze favored: at level 3 your W root and Q-E-Q burst him before a dash matters. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Skill: at 4-5 he needs a knockup for Last Breath (R), so the solo lane stays even. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Skill: his R only follows a Q3 knockup — dodge the whirlwind and 6 stays even. |
| First item | Even / skill | Ryze favored: your first item's DPS out-trades his crit windup and denies his Flow stacks. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Ryze favored: with 2+ items a W root shuts his dash pattern and your Q-reset melts him. |
Yasuo edges level 1 with his Steel Tempest (Q) poke range and Flow shield, but level 2 is even before your combo comes online. Deny his Flow stacks, farm safely, and do not walk into his Q line. Track Wind Wall: 25s at rank 1, 17s max, blocks projectiles for 4s — your Q and E both die on it; hold poke until it is spent.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Ryze's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Ryze 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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Yasuo, slightly — Ryze wins 48.7% of 5,371 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yasuo has a small statistical edge (51.3% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yasuo has the slight edge (Ryze wins 48.7%), though it stays close.
Ryze takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Yasuo.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Tear of the Goddess + Catalyst piece (≈1100g). Build Rod of Ages first, then Seraph's Embrace, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Plated Steelcaps.
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