How to win lane as Yasuo against Mel · 55.89% win rate over 950 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a skill fight between her Radiant Volley poke and your last-hitting. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 it stays even as you weave around her poke and reflect. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | By level 3 your E-Q gap-close forces her into useless melee range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | At 4-5 you snowball, out-DPSing the squishy mage in every trade. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | At level 6 your R cracks her open once you bait Rebuttal (W). |
| First item | Yasuo | Your first crit item lets you delete her on gap-close. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Late-game you hunt her freely, countering her reflect and root. |
Levels 1-2 are a skill fight as Mel pokes with Radiant Volley (Q) while you weave last-hits; respect her Rebuttal (W) reflect and don't feed her poke stacks.
The full Yasuo vs Mel 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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