Yasuo

the Unforgiven

FighterAssassinGeneral kit and base stats · version 16.19.1

Way of the Wanderer

Yasuo's Critical Strike Chance is increased. Additionally, Yasuo builds toward a shield whenever he is moving. The shield triggers when he takes damage from a champion or monster.

Passive · no active cost or cooldown

Base statistics

Flow

Health: 590
Resource: 100
Armor: 32
Move speed: 345
Attack damage: 60
Attack speed: 0.697

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Game plan · Mid

Farm the route, then choose the fight

Plan overview

Play the whole game around three linked resources: wave position, Flow shield, and a usable Sweeping Blade route. Early, farm and trade when shield and wave support you; crash before recalling or roaming. In the mid game, push a side wave before objective setup, then move while the enemy is forced to catch it. Seek skirmishes where allies can create or exploit airborne targets, not isolated highlight attempts. When ahead, deny safe waves and pressure with priority, converting openings into towers or objectives. When behind, preserve CS and health, concede blind contests, and wait for a visible pick or airborne setup. In every phase, Wind Wall is a timing tool: if the enemy's decisive projectile is still available, do not spend it casually. If a route or follow-up disappears, retreat and rebuild Q stacks and Flow instead of turning mobility into a death.

Plan by phase

Build the lane economy

Opening waves through the first major reset; reassess at every crash, level change, and objective setup

Decide whether the lane lets you contest the first waves or asks you to farm behind the minion line. If Flow is ready and the enemy wave is not larger, use Steel Tempest to last-hit and build toward the two-stack whirlwind while preserving a Sweeping Blade route through minions. If the wave is pushing away from you, do not spend health for one CS; stabilize, then crash before recalling. The first transition is a successful crash into a reset or a safe continuation, not a forced kill. If ahead, use the crash to create a controlled roam or deny the opponent's reset; if behind, prioritize health, experience, and a wave state that does not expose you to a long chase.

Game situations

Choose a situation

Lane

Trade through the shield and the wave

If the first waves are even, your Flow shield is ready, and the enemy wave is not larger, use zero-cost Steel Tempest to contest last hits and work toward two stacks. If the wave is larger against you or the shield has already triggered, collect safer CS and preserve health; forcing a trade can leave Yasuo unable to crash or reset. If a crash is not available before recall, accept a slower reset rather than turning a bad wave into a frozen lane.

With Yasuo

If your champion can knock enemies airborne, show that threat before Yasuo commits; a visible setup gives him a reliable Last Breath window. If you are a ranged damage dealer, let him enter after your first projectile or key peel tool has drawn Wind Wall, then continue attacking from another angle.
If you are the support or jungler, fight near minion waves, summoned units, or other reachable enemies when possible so Sweeping Blade has a route. Do not follow an early dash through fog just because Yasuo moved first; join when the target is controlled and your damage can arrive.
If Yasuo is ahead, help him convert pressure into a crashed wave, tower damage, or an objective rather than repeatedly chasing kills. If he is behind, give him safe solo experience when the map allows it and use his Wind Wall timing to contest a narrow approach only when the team can disengage.
If your team has a front line, let it reveal enemy positions and absorb the first engage while Yasuo waits on the edge. His usual job is to enter after a target is airborne or key projectiles are spent, then keep a dash route toward safety; forcing him to initiate first removes the conditions that make his follow-up strong.

Identity, strengths and limits

Turn movement into controlled skirmishes

MID · PRIMARY SKIRMISHER

Yasuo is a primary skirmisher who turns movement and nearby enemy units into repeated close-range threats. Way of the Wanderer rewards movement with a shield and increases his critical strike chance, so his lane economy is about entering danger with a resource ready rather than trading on cooldown alone. Steel Tempest builds toward a two-stack whirlwind, Sweeping Blade creates the route, Wind Wall blocks enemy projectiles for its duration, and Last Breath converts airborne enemies into a high-value entry while granting a temporary period in which his critical strikes gain significant bonus armor penetration. He is not a front-line initiator or a champion who should dash on sight: without a route, shield, or follow-up, his mobility becomes isolation.

Strengths

High close-range skirmish threat when enemy units provide a connected dash route.
Flow shield rewards active movement and can absorb a key champion or monster hit.
Wind Wall can block projectile-based damage or crowd control for its duration.
Steel Tempest and Last Breath connect Yasuo's own setup with allied airborne effects.
Side waves and extended fights give Sweeping Blade repeated route choices.

Limits and risks

Dashing through the wave without a return target can strand Yasuo in the enemy formation and remove the route needed to disengage.
Forcing Last Breath on an isolated airborne target can spend the main conversion tool before the real fight, while also resetting Gathering Storm stacks.
Trading without Flow shield or into a larger enemy wave turns Yasuo's mobility into lost health and can make the next crash impossible.
Roaming before a crash donates mid priority, delays Steel Tempest and Flow rebuilding, and can leave the enemy with the better reset.
Entering first without vision or allied follow-up makes Wind Wall and the dash route defensive tools that may no longer be available when Yasuo needs to escape.

One idea for your next game

For the next game, make every aggressive Yasuo decision pass one test: do I have a dash route and a reason to spend it? Build Steel Tempest stacks while farming, preserve the Flow shield for the opponent's real trade, and commit only when Sweeping Blade has targets leading toward an airborne conversion or a safe retreat. Track the wave before the duel: if it is large against you or a crash is impossible, collect income and wait. The goal is not more dashes; it is for each dash to create damage, space, or a reliable exit.

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Champion lore

An Ionian of deep resolve, Yasuo is an agile swordsman who wields the air itself against his enemies. As a proud young man, he was falsely accused of murdering his master—unable to prove his innocence, he was forced to slay his own brother in self defense. Even after his master's true killer was revealed, Yasuo still could not forgive himself for all he had done, and now wanders his homeland with only the wind to guide his blade.

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