Yasuo vs Ryze — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Ryze · 54.55% win rate over 1,067 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yasuo is favoured — Yasuo owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Yasuo wins 54.55% of games vs Ryze in top lane (1,067 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YasuoWind Wall blocks Ryze's Q and W, denying his level-1 combo.
Level 2YasuoYour wall and step-up pressure keep you ahead at level 2.
Level 3YasuoAt 3 you dodge his root with E and out-trade his poke.
Levels 4-5YasuoWind Wall shuts his root-burst pattern through levels 4-5.
Level 6YasuoYour knockup and Last Breath out-duel his utility ult at 6.
First itemYasuoA crit item lets your autos out-DPS his mana-gated combo.
Two+ itemsYasuoWith items you dive and delete a defenseless Ryze every fight.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You own levels 1-3: Ryze relies on Overload (Q) and the Rune Prison (W) root to trade, and Wind Wall (W) blocks both, so once you have your wall he has no safe damage and you press him off the wave.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yasuo vs Ryze 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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