Yasuo vs Akshan — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Akshan · 55.45% win rate over 981 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yasuo is favoured — Yasuo owns 6 of the 7 game windows. Yasuo wins 55.45% of games vs Akshan in top lane (981 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even — Akshan can hipfire Q before you have E to gap-close.
Level 2YasuoAt 2 your E gap-close plus Wind Wall on his Q swings the lane to you.
Level 3YasuoAt 3 Wind Wall eats his full ranged kit and E-Q punishes him.
Levels 4-5YasuoLevels 4-5 you gap-close and wall his poke, keeping him on the back foot.
Level 6YasuoAt 6 you can wall or dodge Comeuppance while your R ends him.
First itemYasuoYour first crit item bursts his squishy body before he can escape.
Two+ itemsYasuoLate, Wind Wall neutralizes his kit and crit DPS one-combos him.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is a skill lane — before you have E, Akshan can hipfire Q poke and you can't answer. Farm safely, dodge his Avengerang, and the instant you hit 2-3 the lane swings hard your way.

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The full Yasuo vs Akshan 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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