Illaoi vs Yasuo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Illaoi against Yasuo · 53.87% win rate (2,183 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Illaoi is slightly favoured — 53.87% win rate over 2,183 games, and Illaoi's game plan below claims 6 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

Wind Wall blocks your E — bait the Wall, then E his spirit.

Track: Yasuo's W — Wind Wall (25–17s cooldown). Blocks your E spirit pull. Bait it.

Do

Bait his Wind Wall
Build tentacles
E him when his Wall is down

Don't

E into his Wind Wall
Whiff slams on his dashes
Fight his level-6 EQ resets

Runes & build vs Yasuo

Start: Doran's Shield + Health Potion
First back: Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item: Iceborn Gauntlet (the slow makes tentacles land)
Then: Sterak's Gage
Boots: Plated Steelcaps
Runes: Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Precision: Triumph, Legend: Haste · Shards: Health Scaling, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Illaoi's game plan

Read from Illaoi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Illaoi	Illaoi out-trades a Windwall-less Yasuo at level 1 with better base stats and Q range.
Level 2	Illaoi	At 2 he still lacks Windwall reliability, so your Q pressure keeps the edge.
Level 3	Illaoi	W and E online at 3 let you tether and slam him for a hard Illaoi tilt.
Levels 4-5	Illaoi	Your tentacle sustain crushes his poke through levels 4-5.
Level 6	Illaoi	R's tentacle ring at 6 beats his all-in mobility point-blank.
First item	Illaoi	First-item bruiser stats keep extended trades lopsided in your favour.
Two+ items	Yasuo	With 2+ crit items and a reliable Windwall, Yasuo's scaling and flanks flip it to him.

How to beat Yasuo as Illaoi: the early game

You out-stat Yasuo at 1-2 and Tentacle Smash (Q) reaches 850 against his 475 Steel Tempest; with no Wind Wall yet, a clean E lands whenever he steps up to last-hit. Avoid the double-Q tornado — that knock-up is what sets up his ult later.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Illaoi in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Illaoi's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Illaoi vs Master Yi — 44.44% win rate
Illaoi vs Singed — 44.95% win rate
Illaoi vs Garen — 45.12% win rate

Easiest

Illaoi vs Renekton — 58.53% win rate
Illaoi vs Quinn — 56.29% win rate
Illaoi vs Swain — 55.99% win rate

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Illaoi 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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Common questions

Who wins Illaoi vs Yasuo in top lane?

Illaoi, slightly — a 53.87% win rate edge over 2,183 games; execution can flip it.

Is Illaoi vs Yasuo a skill matchup?

Mostly — Illaoi has a small statistical edge (53.87% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Illaoi counter Yasuo?

Not a hard counter — Illaoi has a slight edge (53.87% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Illaoi take vs Yasuo?

Illaoi takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yasuo.

What should Illaoi build vs Yasuo?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (the slow makes tentacles land) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.

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