Yasuo vs Darius — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Darius · 48.01% win rate over 2,187 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Darius is favoured — Darius owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Yasuo wins 48.01% of games vs Darius in top lane (2,187 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1DariusDarius' Decimate out-poke and heal own the level 1 lane.
Level 2DariusHis bleed stacks and E pull keep you behind at level 2.
Level 3DariusAt 3 his full Q-E combo out-trades your dash poke.
Levels 4-5DariusThrough 4-5 his sustain and pull threat still dominate.
Level 6DariusHis level 6 Guillotine execute makes committing lethal for you.
First itemYasuoYour first-item crit and kite finally flip extended trades.
Two+ itemsYasuoTwo-plus items your mobility outruns an immobile Darius.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Darius crushes levels 1-2: his Decimate out-ranges your auto poke, heals on the outer edge, and any greedy dash for Q stacks eats an Apprehend pull into a bleed-stacked combo.

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The full Yasuo vs Darius 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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