Yasuo vs Aatrox — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Aatrox · 50.4% win rate over 2,105 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Aatrox is favoured — Aatrox owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Yasuo wins 50.4% of games vs Aatrox in top lane (2,105 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1AatroxAatrox has range and Q healing at level 1 while you have no mobility, so he controls it.
Level 2AatroxLevel 2 still favours Aatrox — his Q edge damage out-trades your unmobile poke.
Level 3AatroxAt 3 his full Q1-Q2-Q3 chain plus healing beats your trades.
Levels 4-5AatroxLevels 4-5 Aatrox's sustained Q damage and heal keep him ahead in every extended fight.
Level 6AatroxAatrox's World Ender all-in and revive dominate the level-6 window.
First itemYasuoWith your first crit item your Q crits and Wind Wall out-DPS his Deathbringer healing.
Two+ itemsYasuoLate, Skirmisher Yasuo kites his Q and walls his damage to win the duel.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 belong to Aatrox — he has range and healing on his Q while you have zero mobility until E at 3. Farm from max range with Steel Tempest and do not walk into his Q sweet-spot; hold Wind Wall for his engage, not a random swing.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yasuo vs Aatrox 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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