Yasuo vs Darius — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Darius · 45.22% win rate (6,240 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Darius is slightly favoured — Yasuo wins 45.22% of 6,240 games, and Darius pressures 5 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

His pull + bleed out-stat you — poke from range, never get pulled.

Track: Darius's E — Apprehend (26–16s cooldown). His all-in start. Stay out of range.

Do

Poke with Q from range
Stay out of E-pull range
EQ-R only when his combo is down

Don't

Walk into his E pull
Brawl into 5 bleed
Fight at his Q heal

Runes & build vs Darius

Start: Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back: Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item: Blade of the Ruined King (duel spike)
Then: Infinity Edge
Boots: Plated Steelcaps
Runes: Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yasuo's game plan

Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Darius.

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

How to beat Darius as Yasuo: the early game

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.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yasuo in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Yasuo vs Warwick — 42.46% win rate
Yasuo vs Kled — 43.34% win rate
Yasuo vs Pantheon — 43.35% win rate

Easiest

Yasuo vs Heimerdinger — 57.8% win rate
Yasuo vs Swain — 56.89% win rate
Yasuo vs Teemo — 56.31% win rate

Read the rest of this matchup

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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Common questions

Who wins Yasuo vs Darius in top lane?

Darius, slightly — Yasuo wins 45.22% of 6,240 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Yasuo vs Darius a skill matchup?

Mostly — Darius has a small statistical edge (54.78% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yasuo counter Darius?

No — if anything Darius has the slight edge (Yasuo wins 45.22%), though it stays close.

What runes does Yasuo take vs Darius?

Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Darius.

What should Yasuo build vs Darius?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (duel spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.

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