How to win lane as Vladimir against Yasuo · 58.16% win rate over 6,126 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Yasuo's Steel Tempest poke and Wind Wall beat your melee level-1 Transfusion. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At level 2 his Q poke and dash pressure keep you pinned and low. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Level 3 Sweeping Blade all-in through the wave out-trades your sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 he still out-trades before your Transfusion fully stacks. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 Sanguine Pool dodges his knock-up-R combo and you out-sustain his all-in. |
| First item | Yasuo | On first item his Shieldbow/crit spike restores burst before your sustain ticks. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With 2+ items Zhonya's, Rylai's, and your amp hard-outscale a squishy Yasuo. |
Yasuo controls the first four levels: Steel Tempest poke, Wind Wall blocking your Tides of Blood and Transfusion, and Sweeping Blade dashes let him all-in through the wave before your sustain matters, so farm defensively and never feed his E resets.
The full Vladimir 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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