How to win lane as Yone against Yasuo · 53.05% win rate (16,917 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
The brother war — his wall blocks your Q3 wind; bait it with the second Q, window behind it, and R only when his web runs dry.
Track: Yasuo's W — Wind Wall (25–17s cooldown). Blocks every projectile for its duration — hold your poke until it is spent.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — mirror kit, both fishing for the same minion knockup. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a coinflip since both unlock a second Q dash and neither gets a real edge. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is skill-based; the trade hinges on Wind Wall timing, not champion power. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even as both stack Flow shields and race the same Q3 tornado poke. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a wash one-on-one because both ults are fight tools rather than solo executes. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item stays even — Shieldbow and his crit line come online on the same timer. |
| Two+ items | Yone | At 2+ items you pull ahead: the E snap-back and Spirit Cleave's stacking shield outlast his follow-up. |
Levels 1-2 are a true mirror: you both want the same knockup off a caster minion, and his Way of the Wanderer shield only builds while he moves, so play for CS and don't force a trade without a bush or jungler. Neither of you spikes cleanly here; both are stacking the same two Q dashes and racing Flow shields, so trades collapse into mirror poke unless someone lands a clean knockup off a minion.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yone vs Yasuo 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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Yone, slightly — a 53.05% win rate edge over 16,917 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (53.05% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yone has a slight edge (53.05% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Yasuo.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver / Cloak piece (≈1000g). Build BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps / Berserker's.
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