How to win lane as Gragas against Yasuo · 47.6% win rate (729 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
E-stun stops his dashes — E-Q burst and disengage.
Track: Yasuo's R — Last Breath (70–30s cooldown). His all-in after a knockup. While down, you win.
Read from Gragas's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
This is Gragas's own plan; across 729 pooled games the lane is leaning Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak at level 1 — you have one ability and no Happy Hour heal, he has no crit, so just farm even. |
| Level 2 | Gragas | At 2 your Q+W combo — W-empowered auto for max-HP magic damage plus a detonated Q, healed back by Happy Hour — out-trades his pre-crit poke. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is awkward — your combo isn't online and cooldowns are long, while his second dash and poke pull the trade back to even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gragas | Through 4-5 W max and Happy Hour let you out-sustain his poke and win extended trades before crit arrives. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | At 6 E-stun into W-auto, detonated Q, and Explosive Cask is your hardest all-in and a real kill threat — provided you wait out Windwall. |
| First item | Yasuo | Yasuo's first crit item (IE) tips the duel: Windwall denies your Q and cask on demand and his crit DPS starts winning extended fights. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | He out-scales you outright — 2+ crit items plus Windwall blanking your burst means he wins the 1v1, so swap to peeling him with R. |
Level 1 is a coin flip — you have one ability and no Happy Hour heal yet, he has no crit, so just farm even. At level 2 take Q+W and look for a real trade: drink W to empower an auto for bonus max-HP magic damage, detonate Q on him, and your Happy Hour passive heals the exchange back. The whole lane is about respecting Windwall — never lob a slow-fermenting cask into an up Windwall, because he eats your only burst tool for free; detonate Q early or bait the wall first.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Gragas's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Gragas 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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Yasuo, slightly — Gragas wins 47.6% of 729 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yasuo has a small statistical edge (52.4% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yasuo has the slight edge (Gragas wins 47.6%), though it stays close.
Gragas takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yasuo.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Riftmaker (sustain + AP curve) first, then Cosmic Drive, with Plated Steelcaps.
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