How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Yasuo · 51.54% win rate (1,327 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
R him 1v1 — the realm removes his team and his Wind Wall value.
Track: Yasuo's R — Last Breath (70–30s cooldown). His all-in after a knockup. R him while it’s down.
Read from Mordekaiser's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
This is Mordekaiser's own plan; across 1,327 pooled games the lane is leaning Mordekaiser.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Level 1 you have only Q and no aura stacks, and his E dashes through the wave to dodge it — Yasuo owns the opener, so concede and farm. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Q plus a banked W shield give you a trade he must walk into melee to answer — bully him before his crits arrive. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | Your Obliterate plus stacking Darkness Rise out-trade a Yasuo who must commit a dash to deal damage, and his E is then on cooldown. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Even window — Darkness Rise sustains you, but his flow shield and Steel Tempest poke let him trade back safely. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death boxes him 1v1 with no minions to dash through and no allies to flow off — your guaranteed kill window. |
| First item | Yasuo | His first crit item plus flow shield let him kite your aura and start blocking your E pull — the duel begins tipping to him. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | He out-scales hard: crit, Wind Wall, and Sweeping Blade kite your aura and eat your E — play for picks on his carries, not the 1v1. |
"Level 1 you have only Q and no Darkness Rise stacks yet, and Yasuo's E lets him dash through the wave to dodge your Obliterate — concede the level and just farm, this stage is his. The lane swings your way at 2 and 3: Q + a banked W shield let you win the short trades, and Yasuo physically has to walk into your melee range to land a crit. Note Windwall does NOT block your Q (it's a ground cone, not a projectile) — it only eats your E pull and your autos. So if he holds Windwall, just keep smashing Q and grinding the aura. Punish hardest the instant he dashes in, while his E is down and he can't disengage."
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Mordekaiser's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Mordekaiser 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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Mordekaiser, slightly — a 51.54% win rate edge over 1,327 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Mordekaiser has a small statistical edge (51.54% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Mordekaiser has a slight edge (51.54% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Mordekaiser takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Overgrowth) vs Yasuo.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Haunting Guise / Giant's Belt (≈900-1300g). Build Liandry's Torment (burn carries his extended trades) first, then Riftmaker (omnivamp turns the Realm 1v1 unloseable), with Plated Steelcaps (Swiftness into kite comps).
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