Yasuo vs Aurelion Sol — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Aurelion Sol · 45.12% win rate (2,753 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: A close lane that leans Aurelion Sol on paper (Yasuo wins 45.12%), but Yasuo's plan below claims 2 of the 7 windows: convert them and the stats catch up to you.

At a glance

His kit is projectiles and yours is a wall — dash the gaps, wall the rotation, and bill the lane for every wave he can't contest.

Track: Aurelion Sol's W — Astral Flight (22–16s cooldown). His reposition and escape — he is a stationary battery while it is down.

Do

  • EQ-cycle the wave into his face
  • Wall the rotation, not the poke
  • Land the tornado off dash-web angles

Don't

  • Wall chip damage out of reflex
  • Dash predictably along one axis
  • All-in into his held CC at even HP

Runes & build vs Aurelion Sol

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Noonquiver / Cloak piece (≈1000g)
First item
BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow
Then
Infinity Edge
Boots
Mercury's Treads / Berserker's
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Second Wind · Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yasuo's game plan

Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Aurelion Sol.

This is Yasuo's own plan; across 2,753 pooled games the lane is leaning Aurelion Sol.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YasuoLevel 1 is yours: you out-range him and he's an immobile stacker with no kill threat.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 stays yours as you punish every Q channel and deny his passive stacks.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is yours because he has no self-peel and can't stop your dash-Q punishes.
Levels 4-5YasuoLevels 4-5 remain yours: forcing him off the wave starves his stack scaling.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6: Falling Star is a slow cast you dash-dodge while staying on him.
First itemEven / skillFirst item: Wind Wall cuts his Q stack income and crit out-races his scaling.
Two+ itemsEven / skillWith 2+ items you dominate: dash-knockup lands before his R and Wind Wall kills his kit.

How to beat Aurelion Sol as Yasuo: the early game

Levels 1-2 are yours: your Q out-ranges him and he's a slow, immobile stacker with no early kill threat. Every time he channels Breath of Light to farm or poke, dash in and Q-punish him, denying the passive stacks his whole game plan needs. Track Astral Flight: 22s at rank 1, 16s at rank 5 — his only escape, and it is a channel your knockup drops him out of.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yasuo in mid lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Yasuo vs Aurelion Sol 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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Common questions

Who wins Yasuo vs Aurelion Sol in mid lane?

Aurelion Sol, slightly — Yasuo wins 45.12% of 2,753 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Yasuo vs Aurelion Sol a skill matchup?

Mostly — Aurelion Sol has a small statistical edge (54.88% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yasuo counter Aurelion Sol?

No — if anything Aurelion Sol has the slight edge (Yasuo wins 45.12%), though it stays close.

What runes does Yasuo take vs Aurelion Sol?

Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Aurelion Sol.

What should Yasuo build vs Aurelion Sol?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver / Cloak piece (≈1000g). Build BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads / Berserker's.

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