How to win lane as Yasuo against Karma · 50.98% win rate (7,540 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her combo is aimed at a man with twelve dashes and a wall — make the aiming the whole story of her lane.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). The root tether — break it with range or line of sight.
Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
This is Yasuo's own plan; across 7,540 pooled games the lane is leaning Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Level 1 favours Karma: empowered RQ out-ranges and out-pokes your Q before you have any stacks. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Level 2 favours Karma: her Mantra root and Inspire shield let her win every early exchange. |
| Level 3 | Karma | Level 3 favours Karma: RQ burst plus Focused Resolve zoning keeps you off farm while she out-damages you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are a skill matchup: the lane is at its even inflection as your Q stacking starts to catch up. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Level 6 favours you: with R and a full Q stack you out-all-in an enchanter who has no burst ult. |
| First item | Yasuo | First item favours you: Shieldbow plus Windwall on her root flips the lane fully to your side. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | 2+ items favour you: you run down a dashless enchanter and Windwall erases her poke and CC. |
Karma owns the first three levels: empowered Inner Flame (RQ) is a long-range root-and-burst that out-pokes your Steel Tempest, and Inspire shields her while Focused Resolve punishes a careless dash. Farm at range, respect her Mantra timers, and hold Windwall for her RQ so you don't eat the root for free. Don't force a fight while she out-damages you here.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yasuo vs Karma 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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Yasuo, slightly — a 50.98% win rate edge over 7,540 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yasuo has a small statistical edge (50.98% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yasuo has a slight edge (50.98% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Karma.
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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