How to Counter Yasuo (He's not as op as you think)

Nick231·6/11/2017, 9:53:30 PM·9 votes·1,419 views

Yasuo Yasuo, a champ mostly everyone hate or think is to op. As a Yasuo main I know how to counter him. For you people that hate fighting against him here's a guide. If you hate reading here a short one: PLAY AP CHAMPS

I've been play Yasuo long enough to tell you he isn't op. He just has big outplay potential also a lot of damage. But he lacks in defense he has low armor and low MR. Also is weaker to champs with little to no projectiles and/or melee only champs like Xin Zhao, Darius, and Annie.

Lets get into his Abilities: Passive: Double crit and a shield. Use AA to activate the shield and wait for it to go away then you can one-shot him.

Q: His q is his primary source of damage. But its animation is slow-ish so you can predict it. His third q is what he uses to set up is ult. to stop him form stacking his q all you need to do is zone him out from cs.

W: His w is maybe the most annoying to play against. But it is easy to counter. Simply move around it. Use melee only champs like Xin Zhao. r use champs that have abilities that shoot in a cone (ex. Pantheon's e), laser (ex. Xerath's q), or abilities like Annie's R. Avoid playing as Champs like Ahri or Twisted Fate Keep note this Ability has a long cooldown

E: This is Yasuo's bread and butter. He always max this (or his q) first. Yasuo uses this for his e+q, to close gaps and to dash through walls. If you are running away from him never run back in to you lane he will uses his e on your minions to close the gap. Run through the jungle instead; not the river he can use the scuddle to e also. Plus gain an understanding that he can't e the same target for some time.

R: Just avoid getting knocked airborne. This Ult is hard to avoid cause a lot of other champs can knock you airborne. So keep track so what champions on the enemy team can knock you airborne and avoid them if Yasuo is near

Items to build:item 3075 and/or item 3143 if possible

Yasuo Counters: Darius (heavy counter) Akali (heavy counter) Annie (heavy counter) Illaoi (heavy counter) Malzahar (heavy counter) (mid only) Irelia (heavy counter) Leblanc (heavy counter) Renekton (heavy counter) XinZhao (heavy counter) Orianna (heavy counter) (full ap) Pantheon (heavy counter) Rammus (heavy counter with thornmail) Zed (medium counter in low elo) (heavy counter in high elo) Azir (medium counter, Heavy if you abuse his soldiers) MonkeyKing (medium counter) Katarina (depends on skill) Jayce (medium counter) The list Goes on if you want to know if another champ counter him or have anyother questions ask me on discord: https://discord.gg/CqaZUBg

16 Comments

Ruin Lance6/11/2017, 10:03:36 PM4 votes

Darius Zed Illaoi Leblanc are not hard counters to yasuo.

yasuo actually hard counters both illaoi and leblanc.

he can easily deny leblanc's burst and has the potential to dodge her W.

yasuo can press E to dodge illaoi's tentacles and has wind wall to block her E.

darius and zed are skill matchups.

the only good advice you gave was to build item 3143 /item 3075 and to not run through minions to get away from him.

that's not to say that he doesn't have weaknesses, because he does. targeted burst and cc, playing around his cooldowns, ganking him early on, armor, not setting up dashes for him by standing inside of the minion wave... the list goes on.

IPromiseTomorrow6/11/2017, 10:00:56 PM2 votes

Idk why 3 people downvoted they were given tips on how to counter yas and they didn't bother to comment anything, not even why they downvoted.

You don't deserve silence disapproval my friend, these downvotes are just random haters.

Bot With Dumbass6/11/2017, 10:25:52 PM2 votes

Lol love for kat it says depends on skill a baboon with no hands and legs could ace penta With her

NGNL Asian6/11/2017, 10:47:19 PM1 votes

I don't think ori counters yas at all..

AlienPrimate6/11/2017, 11:15:40 PM1 votes

Just thought I would point something out.

"melee only champs like Xin Zhao, Darius, and Annie."

koshkyra6/12/2017, 1:57:14 AM1 votes

He's not as op as you think

lmao