Warwick vs Yasuo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Warwick against Yasuo · 57.54% win rate over 1,161 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Warwick is favoured — Warwick owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 2. Warwick wins 57.54% of games vs Yasuo in top lane (1,161 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickWarwick-favoured: Q Jaws healing shrugs off Yasuo's level-1 Steel Tempest poke.
Level 2WarwickWarwick-favoured: W Blood Hunt lets you punish him the moment his E dash is down.
Level 3WarwickWarwick-favoured: point-blank R Infinite Duress ignores his Wind Wall so short trades are yours.
Levels 4-5WarwickWarwick-favoured: your sustain keeps refilling faster than his tornado poke chips you.
Level 6WarwickWarwick-favoured: at 6 your R still cleanly beats his kit 1v1 before crit comes online.
First itemYasuoYasuo-favoured: his first crit item pushes auto DPS past your Q heal in all-ins.
Two+ itemsYasuoYasuo-favoured: stacked crit plus Wind Wall and R Last Breath outscale you in extended fights.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You dominate levels 1-3: Yasuo's early Q Steel Tempest and E Sweeping Blade poke does little against Q Jaws of the Beast healing, and once W Blood Hunt marks him you win any short trade. Don't let him free-farm with E dashes on the wave — step up whenever his dash is down.

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The full Warwick 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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