Yasuo vs Garen — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Garen · 47.05% win rate over 2,595 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Garen is favoured — Garen owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Yasuo wins 47.05% of games vs Garen in top lane (2,595 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1GarenGaren's silencing Q and empowered auto own level 1.
Level 2GarenHis Judgment burst keeps you behind at level 2.
Level 3GarenAt 3 his full Q-E combo out-trades your poke.
Levels 4-5GarenThrough 4-5 his sustain and silence lockout still dominate.
Level 6GarenHis level 6 Demacian Justice execute outmatches your ult.
First itemYasuoYour first-item crit and kite finally flip the trades.
Two+ itemsYasuoTwo-plus items your mobility outruns an immobile Garen.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Garen crushes levels 1-2: Decisive Strike silences your escape and empowers a big auto, and any greedy trade lets him start a Judgment spin that out-damages your poke.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yasuo vs Garen 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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