How to win lane as Yasuo against Swain · 56.89% win rate over 893 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a skill check — landing or dodging his W root decides the trade. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 it stays even; your Windwall answers his Q poke but a root punishes you. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains skill-based around whether you eat his root or he lands it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 his Q-E poke trades evenly against your Windwall and dodges. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 his R drain sustain keeps the fight even unless you engage root-down. |
| First item | Yasuo | On first item your crit and burst spike ahead of his drain-tank scaling. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Late game Swain has no dash, so Windwalling his root leaves him folding to your DPS. |
Early is a Wind Wall skill check: Swain wants to land Nevermove roots and Death's Hand bolts, so eating his root or Q with W denies the free poke — but get rooted and his combo chunks you.
The full Yasuo vs Swain 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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