How to win lane as Yasuo against Akshan · 55.54% win rate over 2,746 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Level 1 is yours: you out-range his auto and his Avengerang poke is slow and dodgeable. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | Level 2 stays yours as he has no kill pressure and you punish every step-up. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Level 3 is yours because he needs terrain to fight and can't duel you in open lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 remain yours: you punish his Q cooldowns freely with dash-Q. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Level 6 stays yours: his Comeuppance channel is trivially cancelled by your knockup. |
| First item | Yasuo | First item is yours: crit Q's and Wind Wall out-damage and deny his poke. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | With 2+ items you dominate: one dash-knockup deletes him before Heroic Swing repositions. |
Levels 1-2 are firmly yours: your Q out-ranges his auto and his only tool is a slow Avengerang you can sidestep or dash past. He has zero kill pressure this early, so shove him in and threaten every step-up to CS.
The full Yasuo vs Akshan 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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