Kled vs Yasuo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Kled against Yasuo · 56.66% win rate (616 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Kled is favoured — 56.66% win rate over 616 games, and Kled's game plan below claims 5 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

Mount up and run him down — Q-pull through the windwall, and your brave-mode all-in beats his crit scaling.

Track: Yasuo's R — Last Breath (70–30s cooldown). His all-in after a knockup. While down, you win.

Do

  • Q-pull his EQ dashes
  • Out-aggro mounted
  • Avoid his EQ knockup

Don't

  • Get knocked up by his EQ
  • Get dismounted and kited
  • Fight his level-6 EQ resets

Runes & build vs Yasuo

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Eclipse (burst + all-in sustain)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Conqueror (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Kled's game plan

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

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillNeither of you has a real level-1 — you want to preserve Skaarl's health and he can E-poke and slip, so farm even.
Level 2KledW comes online for the rapid on-hit shotgun shots — your burst beats him before his passive flow shield fills.
Level 3KledWith Q + E + W you land the full re-E all-in and yank him in; he has no flow shield yet to survive it.
Levels 4-5KledYour Q cooldown and remount sustain let you keep trading; his flow shield can't out-heal on-hit W shots.
Level 6KledYour R slams him into terrain for knockback and stacks, and he can't knock you up while you're mid-charge.
First itemKledYour Eclipse/Trinity sheen proc plus percent-HP Q is your peak — run him down on every Windwall cooldown.
Two+ itemsYasuoHe out-scales hard: crit + flow shield + Windwall win the long fight and his E/R punish your solo form — end before this.

How to beat Yasuo as Kled: the early game

Level 1 is even — neither of you wants to commit, and his E-dashes mean he can poke and slip out, so just farm and keep Skaarl's health bar topped. Your spike is level 2-3: once W is online for the rapid on-hit shotgun shots and you add E, your re-E (E in, W, E back) bursts him before his passive flow shield ever fills. The one thing that ruins it is Windwall — if he drops it as you throw Bear Trap Q, your slow, your yank and your dismounted Pocket Pistol cone all get eaten, so bait the wall with an auto or a feint before you commit the trap.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Kled in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Kled 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 Kled vs Yasuo in top lane?

Kled — a 56.66% win rate vs Yasuo in top lane over 616 games is a real advantage.

Is Kled vs Yasuo a skill matchup?

Not really — Kled holds a real statistical advantage (56.66% win rate), so Yasuo is the one working uphill.

Does Kled counter Yasuo?

Statistically yes — Kled counters Yasuo in top lane, winning 56.66% of 616 Emerald+ games.

What runes does Kled take vs Yasuo?

Kled takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yasuo.

What should Kled build vs Yasuo?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Eclipse (burst + all-in sustain) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.

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