Volibear vs Yasuo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Volibear against Yasuo · 54.72% win rate over 2,235 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Volibear is favoured — Volibear owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 2. Volibear wins 54.72% of games vs Yasuo in top lane (2,235 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VolibearYou crush level 1-2 with a stronger stat block and Q slow before Yasuo has any trading tools.
Level 2VolibearLevel 2 stays yours as your basics out-value his minion-flow poke.
Level 3VolibearAt 3 your full Q-W-E combo out-trades his single-target windwall.
Levels 4-5VolibearLevels 4-5 you keep the edge walking him down whenever his E dash is down.
Level 6VolibearLevel 6 your R can still lock his engage, keeping the phase even-to-yours.
First itemYasuoFirst item swings to Yasuo: his crit spike plus passive shield out-damage you.
Two+ itemsYasuoLate game Yasuo out-scales as a crit hypercarry you can only answer by ulting him in fights.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 you dominate: your P stacks give attack speed and your raw stat block plus Q slow beat Yasuo's early trading, which relies on flowing between minions. Punish him whenever he steps up to last-hit and deny his passive shield stacks.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Volibear 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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