How to win lane as Gwen against Yasuo · 50.76% win rate over 790 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | No mist and no E reset value yet, but Windwall is the real story: trade with the Q cone up close and never feed an R volley or a ranged snip into the wall. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Both of us are soft here; I farm with Q snips and dodge his E-dash into Q3 knockup rather than commit, since I have no untargetability to bail me out. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Q+E lets me poke and reset off him, but a flow-shielded Yasuo still trades evenly up close, so I keep it a CS lane and respect his minion-dash gap-close. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | My worst window: no Hallowed Mist to go untargetable and his E-stack flow-shield skirmish beats me in raw melee, so I concede CS and wait for Needlework. |
| Level 6 | Gwen | Hallowed Mist plus R online flips it: I bait his knockup, go untargetable as his crit and R try to land, and snip him down inside the fog while my passive sustains me. |
| First item | Gwen | My Riftmaker or Nashor's spike with %-HP Snip and the mist wins extended duels at 6, so I force the all-in and shove for plates now. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Full-crit Yasuo with Infinity Edge out-scales me, and one R off my dash-in flips the fight, so I close before his third item or let my team peel him. |
Level 1-3 is genuinely even and it's all about respecting Windwall. Never throw an R volley or cast a Snip Snip at range into the wall, because it eats both, and Yasuo can predrop it the moment you wind up. I trade by walking up and dropping the Q cone right on top of him at melee, where he can't wall six snips in time, and I lean on the true-damage center snip to chunk him. I have no mist and no E reset value yet, so I just contest CS and avoid eating a full E-dash into Q3 knockup while his flow shield is up.
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