How to win lane as Yasuo against Karma · 50.74% win rate (2,714 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Weather the poke — dash circles around her and EQ-knockup on the Focused Resolve gap.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). Her root tether — breaks if you LoS / outrange it.
Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
This is Yasuo's own plan; across 2,714 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | At level 1 Karma's Q Inner Flame range makes it an even skill test before you have a dash. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is still hers: Inner Flame outranges you until Sweeping Blade comes online. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | At level 3 Sweeping Blade closes the gap, but a Focused Resolve root on the way in still wins her the trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 hinge on her 12s Focused Resolve window: hit that gap and you win the trade. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | At level 6 her Mantra adds no burst while your R closes the gap on her defenseless body. |
| First item | Yasuo | At first item your flow shield and combo melt her before her long cooldowns return. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Late game is yours as an escape-less shield-bot loses to your dive and Wind Wall. |
Levels 1-2 are a skill check: Karma out-ranges you with Q Inner Flame and can shield-poke, so don't eat free harass — respect her range until you have Sweeping Blade. She wants to chip you and zone CS. Weave Q stacks off minions and hold Wind Wall for her snare so you're set up to punish once you can close.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yasuo vs Karma 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.74% win rate over 2,714 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Yasuo vs Karma is a genuine skill matchup: 50.74% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Yasuo vs Karma win rate is 50.74%, an even lane decided by execution.
Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (duel spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.
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