Yasuo vs Trundle — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Trundle · 48.9% win rate (456 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Trundle is slightly favoured — Yasuo wins 48.9% of 456 games, and Trundle pressures 6 of the 7 stage windows in the plan below. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

He out-stats you in his W — anti-heal, poke, don’t duel.

Track: Trundle's R — Subjugate (120–80s cooldown). Steals your stats. Don’t brawl into it.

Do

  • Anti-heal his sustain
  • Poke from range
  • Avoid his W domain

Don't

  • Duel him in his W
  • Get pillar-kited
  • Let him R-steal your stats

Runes & build vs Trundle

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Blade of the Ruined King (duel spike)
Then
Infinity Edge
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yasuo's game plan

Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Trundle.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TrundleTrundle's Chomp steals AD and heals off every bite, owning the level 1 melee trade.
Level 2TrundleHis empowered auto plus AD-steal keeps him ahead as you both hit level 2.
Level 3TrundleAt 3 Pillar of Ice walls your dash out of any extended trade he takes.
Levels 4-5TrundleLevels 4-5 his stacked AD-steal and heal still out-value your early Q pokes.
Level 6TrundleSubjugate at 6 strips your stats and heals him, dominating the all-in.
First itemTrundleHis tank sustain outlasts your pre-crit damage through the first item.
Two+ itemsYasuoWith IE and flow shield stacked your crit burst finally out-DPSes his heal.

How to beat Trundle as Yasuo: the early game

Trundle bullies levels 1-2: his Chomp steals your AD and heals him, so every melee trade feeds his sustain — farm with Q from max range and don't walk up to CS next to him.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yasuo in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Yasuo vs Trundle 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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Common questions

Who wins Yasuo vs Trundle in top lane?

Trundle, slightly — Yasuo wins 48.9% of 456 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Yasuo vs Trundle a skill matchup?

Mostly — Trundle has a small statistical edge (51.1% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yasuo counter Trundle?

No — if anything Trundle has the slight edge (Yasuo wins 48.9%), though it stays close.

What runes does Yasuo take vs Trundle?

Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Trundle.

What should Yasuo build vs Trundle?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (duel spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.

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