How to win lane as Olaf against Yasuo · 52.65% win rate (1,907 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
R his knockup — axe to stick, true-damage him.
Track: Yasuo's R — Last Breath (70–30s cooldown). His all-in after a knockup. While down, you win.
Read from Olaf's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Your Q-slow into auto wins first contact and his earliest trade has no flow shield or crit to answer your passive ramp. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | Once you add E to Q, axe-slow into Reckless Swing true damage chunks him before he can stack any defense. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | Chained axe pickups perma-slow him while your passive life steal answers the crit autos he trades back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Black Cleaver lets you stick short trades; W shields the burst and your passive heals you back. |
| Level 6 | Olaf | Ragnarok cleanses and ignores his R knockup, killing the reset tool he needs — you all-in through it. |
| First item | Olaf | Your bruiser core is at peak lane pressure; perma-slow and dive him before his crit items exist. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | At 2+ crit items Wind Wall is a 17s answer to every axe and he kites your short-fight kit into the ground. |
Yasuo can't punch with you levels 1-3 — Undertow into autos wins first contact and his early trades have no sustain. Throw the axe, walk up, pick it back up to keep him slowed, then weave an auto so your passive ramps. Wind Wall is the whole dance: 25s at rank 1, and it deletes the axe outright, so if he walls it, just farm. Bait the wall on the wave and your next axe sticks for the full 25 seconds.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Olaf's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Olaf 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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Olaf, slightly — a 52.65% win rate edge over 1,907 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Olaf has a small statistical edge (52.65% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Olaf has a slight edge (52.65% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Olaf takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yasuo.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Sundered Sky (sustain spike) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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