How to win lane as Taliyah against Yasuo · 54.85% win rate over 1,670 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Taliyah | Your rank-1 Q zones his Sweeping Blade and your poke out-ranges Steel Tempest at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Taliyah | Rank-2 Threaded Volley keeps him chipped and off the wave. |
| Level 3 | Taliyah | At level 3 you bait Wind Wall then land W-E for a root out of his dash range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Taliyah | You hold wave and poke control through levels 4-5 with superior range. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even and skill-based: his knockup-into-R burst trades against your spacing and W displacement. |
| First item | Yasuo | Yasuo's first crit item plus wave-dash resets let him close past your poke and Wind Wall your follow-up. |
| Two+ items | Taliyah | Past his spike you swing back ahead, zoning with E and rooting him through expired Wind Wall with W-E. |
You have the range and wave control on Yasuo early. Threaded Volley shoves fast and zones his Sweeping Blade approach, and your poke out-distances Steel Tempest, so make him take chip damage every time he steps up. His Wind Wall blocks your Q and E, so bait it with a single rock first, then land your real poke and W-E combo once it's on cooldown; a clean root out of dash range is his worst nightmare.
The full Taliyah 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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