Yasuo vs Olaf — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Olaf · 48.34% win rate over 664 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Olaf is favoured — Olaf owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 3. Play it patient and win your windows. Yasuo wins 48.34% of games vs Olaf in top lane (664 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1OlafLevel 1 is Olaf's — his axe and Reckless Swing out-trade you before you have tools.
Level 2OlafLevel 2 stays Olaf's: attack-speed passive and true damage win every stand-and-hit.
Level 3OlafLevel 3 is Olaf's — his all-in with axe movespeed beats your early kit.
Levels 4-5YasuoLevel 4 is yours as your dash spacing lets you dodge axes and win short trades.
Level 6OlafLevel 5 swings to Olaf: Ragnarok's CC-immunity means your knockup can't stop him.
First itemYasuoFirst item is yours — crit and Wind Wall let you kite and refuse his all-in.
Two+ itemsYasuo2+ items stay yours: you out-scale and out-mobilize a short-range Olaf.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Olaf wins levels 1-3 outright: his Undertow axe, Reckless Swing true damage and passive attack speed overwhelm you in any extended trade, and Wind Wall can't block his true-damage E. Dodge his axes to deny the movespeed and just farm safely.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yasuo vs Olaf 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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