Yasuo vs Volibear — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yasuo against Volibear · 47.07% win rate over 854 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Volibear is favoured — Volibear owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Yasuo's 2. Play it patient and win your windows. Yasuo wins 47.07% of games vs Volibear in top lane (854 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VolibearVolibear's W heal and early tankiness win the level 1 trade.
Level 2VolibearAt 2 his sustain and bulk soak your pokes and out-trade you.
Level 3VolibearThundering Smash at 3 charges in for a stun you can't answer.
Levels 4-5VolibearLevels 4-5 his heal-shred W and tankiness keep him firmly ahead.
Level 6VolibearStormbringer at 6 lets him dive you and disable your tower.
First itemYasuoIE crit and Wind Wall on his E bolt finally let you shred him.
Two+ itemsYasuoLate your mobility and crit DPS out-scale his bruiser profile.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Volibear bullies levels 1-3: his W heals and shreds while his Q closes and stuns, and his early tankiness soaks your pokes — just farm with Q at range and don't get caught by his charge.

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The full Yasuo vs Volibear 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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