How to win lane as Yasuo against Neeko · 49.51% win rate over 1,634 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Her only lock is E Tangle-Barbs and Q Blooming Burst lands slowly, so your level-1 walk-up and poke win. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At 2 she has no dash to escape your E-Q, and stepping up to farm gets her punished. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Wind Wall denies both E Tangle-Barbs and Q Blooming Burst, stripping the root that sets up her all-in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | With Sweeping Blade up you dash in the instant her root whiffs, and she can't answer the gap-close. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Last Breath off a knockup Q kills her before R Pop Blossom finishes its channel one-on-one. |
| First item | Yasuo | One crit item deletes her before she can commit her ult, so she can't trade R for your life. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | You win every isolated duel with crit — her only edge is a teamfight flank, not the lane itself. |
Neeko can't contest your walk-up at 1-2 — her E Tangle-Barbs is her only lock and her Q Blooming Burst is slow-landing AoE. Chip with Steel Tempest and punish her when she steps up to last-hit, since she has no dash to escape your E-Q. Watch W Shapesplitter: she can send a clone to bait your Wind Wall or your commit, so confirm it's really her before you dash. Keep the wave rolling toward her so you always have a target.
The full Yasuo vs Neeko 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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