# Yone Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff
See Yone counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Yone in League of Legends.
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Fighter · Duelist · Mid, Top

Prepare for battle with Yone — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts.

## Playstyle Profile

Yone is a diver — disrupts the backline by committing onto enemy carries

Teamfight Role Backline Diver

Power Spike Mid game

Split Threat None

Backline Access Low

## Yone's Strengths

- Disrupts the enemy backline — Yone's dives force carries to reposition instead of dealing damage

- Wins extended 1v1s — Yone's sustained trading overwhelms most opponents in side-lane matchups

## How to Play Yone

Champion-specific pre-match tips

### Lane Phase

Cast E from a safe distance to last hit or break the freeze if the enemy holds the wave just outside their tower.

### Lane Phase

Initiate trades with E and immediately cast Q and W when the enemy steps into your range, rather than always telegraphing your aggression by waiting to stack Q3.

### Lane Phase

Activate E from behind your minions when crashing a large wave to safely hit the tower, snapping back before you take tower aggro.

### Mid Game

Stack your Q on nearby jungle camps or minion waves right before committing to a skirmish to ensure your Q3 dash is ready.

### Mid Game

Open with E directly into R to force out enemy flashes, then use your Q3 dash to close the gap after they burn their mobility.

### Mid Game

Poke forward with E and a single Q if a fight breaks out while your R is on cooldown, immediately snapping back instead of committing to an extended trade.

### Late Game

Hold your engage until major enemy crowd control abilities are cast, using your R as a follow-up tool rather than initiating 5v5 teamfights.

### Late Game

Disengage completely from a teamfight if you lack both R and a stacked Q3, as you cannot survive focused damage without your knockups.

### Late Game

Dash over thick jungle terrain with Q3 to bypass chokepoints, then activate E to flank the enemy backline during Baron or Elder Dragon standoffs.

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## Core Build

Ranked from real ranked-match itemization

We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.

- Blade of The Ruined King — 3,200

- Immortal Shieldbow — 3,000

- Berserker's Greaves (Boots) — 1,100

- Mortal Reminder — 3,000

- Death's Dance — 3,300

- Kraken Slayer — 3,000

total: 16,600

## How to Counter Yone

Counter strategies and draft context

kite with range, burst before they sustain, or outscale with team-oriented compositions

- Vulnerable to CC during dives — Yone commits hard and can be punished if locked down

- Loses to numbers — Yone thrives in 1v1s but crumbles when outnumbered or burst down

- Ranged champions that maintain distance in trades

- Burst-heavy picks that kill before sustain matters

### Yone's Weaknesses

- Layered crowd control — Yone gets locked down mid-dive when the enemy stacks CC and peel

- Coordinated collapses — Yone wins 1v1s but struggles when enemies send multiple champions to the side lane

## Best Synergies with Yone

Team synergies and draft context

- Dive buddies that split enemy focus alongside Yone — two divers are harder to peel than one

- Global or semi-global allies that pressure the map while Yone dominates side-lane 1v1s

- Engage supports that set up skirmishes in your favor

- Champions with follow-up CC after your initial dive

### Draft Context

- Drafts another diver with no backline carry — Yone disrupts, but the team has no sustained damage

- Ignores teamfight presence — Yone wins 1v1s but the team crumbles in grouped fights without them

## Learning Curve

[Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Yone's win rate changes with mastery level

Yone has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, with a straightforward learning process. Steady improvement comes over a moderate number of games.

Skill Cap Very High

Cost of Learning Medium

Win Rate Delta by Mastery

Mastery Level | Win Rate |

1-2 | 39.6% |

3-4 | 46.4% |

5-6 | 46.9% |

7-8 | 50.3% |

9-12 | 50.3% |

13-16 | 51.3% |

17+ * | 52.0% |

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