How to win lane as Yasuo against Akali · 51.49% win rate over 2,544 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Akali | Akali's Q poke and Shroud disengage beat your unmobile level-1 trades. |
| Level 2 | Akali | Level 2 still favours Akali — her Q out-ranges you and Shroud denies punishment. |
| Level 3 | Akali | At 3 her Q plus Twilight Shroud fully controls the trade pattern. |
| Levels 4-5 | Akali | Levels 4-5 Akali keeps poking and resetting inside smoke while you can't stick. |
| Level 6 | Akali | Perfect Execution at 6 lets Akali all-in and execute you. |
| First item | Akali | Her first AP item spike keeps her burst lethal through the first-item window. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Late, Yasuo's sustained crit DPS and Wind Wall discipline beat her telegraphed burst. |
Levels 1-2 lean Akali — her Q poke out-ranges your unmobile trades and she can disengage into Shroud. Farm from range with Steel Tempest, don't walk into her smoke, and keep Wind Wall for a committed engage rather than random poke.
The full Yasuo vs Akali 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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