How to win lane as Garen against Yasuo · 55.22% win rate over 6,994 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Garen | Garen's superior base stats and Q pressure crush Yasuo's weak level-1 laning. |
| Level 2 | Garen | Yasuo stays flimsy at level 2 while your Q-silence and autos out-trade him. |
| Level 3 | Garen | Your Q-E all-in with silence beats him before Windwall uptime matters at 3. |
| Levels 4-5 | Garen | Through 4-5 you win every trade where his Windwall is on cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Garen | Demacian Justice at 6 executes a diving Yasuo through his passive shield. |
| First item | Yasuo | His first crit item and Steel Tempest poke begin out-damaging your spins. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Two crit items plus Windwall and knockup let Yasuo kite and out-scale you. |
You dominate levels 1-2: Garen's base stats, Q burst and Judgment out-trade Yasuo's flimsy early laning, and his Windwall is on a long cooldown so a Q-silence combo lands full damage.
The full Garen 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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