Yasuo vs Brand — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Brand · 51.4% win rate over 3,008 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yasuo is favoured — Yasuo owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Yasuo wins 51.4% of games vs Brand in mid lane (3,008 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YasuoYou favour L1: Brand has no early duel and his skillshots are trivial to dodge.
Level 2YasuoYou favour L2: a second Q point lets you punish his slow poke windup.
Level 3YasuoYou favour L3: your E-Q burst plus Wind Wall outclasses his single stun.
Levels 4-5YasuoYou favour L4-5: you dash on cooldown and he has no dash to escape.
Level 6YasuoYou favour L6: Wind Wall and your knockup shut down his Pyroclasm burst.
First itemYasuoYou favour 1st item: Kraken/Shieldbow lets you tank a rotation and kill an escapeless mage.
Two+ itemsYasuoYou favour 2+ items: you dictate every engage, only losing if you dive Blaze+R raw.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Brand is an immobile burst mage who relies on landing Sear; at levels 1-2 his skillshots are easy to sidestep and he has zero escape, so you hold priority and threaten Q.

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The full Yasuo vs Brand 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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