How to win lane as Yasuo against Riven · 45.69% win rate over 1,335 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Riven | Riven's mobile Q-dashes and stun overwhelm your level-1 trades. |
| Level 2 | Riven | Ki Burst stun and Valor shield keep her ahead at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Riven | Her full Q-W-E combo at 3 stuns and bursts through your knockup. |
| Levels 4-5 | Riven | Short cooldowns and shield sustain hold her lead through levels 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Riven | Wind Slash at 6 adds an execute to her already-lethal all-in. |
| First item | Riven | One crit item still loses to her mobility and reset potential. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | With two items you wall her stun and out-scale her burst kit. |
Riven dominates levels 1-3: her Broken Wings (Q) triple-dash, Ki Burst (W) stun, and Valor (E) shield form a mobile combo that stuns you out of your knockup and bursts you before your Steel Tempest (Q) even connects.
The full Yasuo vs Riven 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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