# Yasuo Counters Who counters Yasuo? Best and worst picks against Yasuo by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Yasuo in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) ## Page Content [Yasuo guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) [Play against Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/how-to-play-against/) [Yasuo counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/counters/) Best and worst picks against Yasuo in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Aurelion Sol, Brand and Kennen beat Yasuo most often. Irelia, Naafiri and Vex win the laning phase against Yasuo by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Yasuo Highest win rate versus Yasuo in Mid. - 1 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 584 games 59.6% - 2 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 283 games 56.9% - 3 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 2,674 games 56.1% - 4 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 232 games 55.6% - 5 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 2,329 games 55.5% - 6 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 1,391 games 55.1% - 7 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 508 games 54.1% - 8 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 1,497 games 54.0% - 9 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 212 games 53.8% - 10 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 761 games 53.8% - 11 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 2,351 games 53.6% - 12 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 4,474 games 53.3% - 13 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 795 games 53.1% - 14 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 594 games 52.4% - 15 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 2,090 games 52.2% ## Worst picks against Yasuo Lowest win rate versus Yasuo in Mid. - 1 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 438 games 43.4% - 2 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 1,147 games 43.5% - 3 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 1,115 games 44.8% - 4 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 745 games 45.0% - 5 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 1,105 games 45.4% - 6 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 598 games 45.8% - 7 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 500 games 46.2% - 8 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 1,206 games 46.3% - 9 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 186 games 46.8% - 10 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 1,950 games 46.8% - 11 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 850 games 47.2% - 12 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 419 games 47.7% - 13 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 704 games 48.1% - 14 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 1,962 games 48.6% - 15 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 652 games 48.6% ## Best lane counters vs Yasuo Largest gold lead over Yasuo at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 396 games +589 - 2 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 227 games +404 - 3 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 597 games +297 - 4 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 243 games +263 - 5 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 580 games +218 - 6 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 157 games +194 - 7 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 841 games +179 - 8 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 417 games +179 - 9 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 220 games +176 - 10 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 612 games +173 - 11 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 247 games +172 - 12 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 108 games +99 - 13 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 570 games +91 - 14 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 1,000 games +45 - 15 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 860 games +17 ## How to play against Yasuo Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Pop passive shield with a light hit before spending important damage. - Keep the wave closer to your tower when your escape is down; low-health minions give him Q and E paths. - Track his Q3 before stepping into river; recalls and fog can hide the tornado. - Hold key projectiles until W is down, then punish its long downtime. - Deny knockup chains by spreading and saving peel for the teammate he follows with R. ## Where Yasuo is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Yasuo relies on minion paths and knockup setup, so open space removes many of his safest angles. - Yasuo's melee carry pattern needs repeated dashes, making hard CC and burst punish him before lifesteal matters. ## Yasuo counters: questions ### Who counters Yasuo in Mid? At Gold+, Aurelion Sol (59.6%), Brand (56.9%) and Kennen (56.1%) have the highest win rates against Yasuo. ### Who does Yasuo counter? Yasuo wins most often against Akshan (43.4%), Twisted Fate (43.5%) and Diana (44.8%). ### Who wins lane against Yasuo? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+589), Naafiri (+404) and Vex (+297) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Yasuo. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Naafiri counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)