Yasuo Build Guide by EdgySwordsman

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Tanksuo Top [6.7]

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Tanksuo

Yasuo Build

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Tanksuo vs AD Heavy

Tanksuo vs AP Heavy

Tanksuo vs Squishies

Tanksuo vs lots of Armor

OTHER VIABLE ITEMS

Ability Sequence

Not Updated For Current Season

The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.

Masteries

Ferocity: 12

Cunning: 0

Resolve: 18

Threats to Yasuo with this build

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Threat		Notes
3	Cho'Gath	IMO, an easy lane. He doesn't really have enough burst to kill you. Bully him with Q and E trades early, and you should be fine.
3	Gangplank	Should be ezpz. Rush Shiv into Triforce and bully him out of lane hard. Deny him all the CS possible, and keep the river warded.
3	Jayce	Simple matchup. Wall his E-Q in ranged form. Q-E in melee form doesn't deal much damage early on. You should be pretty fine.
4	Jarvan IV	Care for his unexpected high damage output, if he ults you, bait him into standing close to the wall of Cataclysm, and E out of it through him. You can dodge his E-Q easily and just fight him after that.
4	Nasus	This lane isn't harmful if you deny as many CS as possible, if you fail to bully him out of lane as often as you can though, he will destroy you later on. QSS is the key to success... unless he has 500 stacks.. rip
5	Alistar	Annoying but not too dangerous. Since you go tanky, you shouldn't die to him.
5	Ekko	A little bit of an easier matchup. Make sure to wall off his Q either when he launches it out, or on it's way back to prevent the 2 stacks on you setting him up for his E 3rd stack proc. ..That hurts
5	Garen	Didn't have this matchup often, although if he Q's you, don't trade back with him. Sustain up, and as soon as he wiffs his Q, E onto a minion and poke him, if he E's you, dash away, and as soon as it's done, go back in and you will be able to annihilate him in trades.
5	Gnar	This matchup goes heavily in your favor. You can dash through him when he W's in mega Gnar, and you can even dodge his ult fairly easily. Although if you missplay, and he gets the stun into the wall, you're in a horrible situation. Try not too get poked too much, and don't be scared to go aggro.
5	Kayle	She shouldn't be able to kill you in lane. Try to bully her and maybe kill her pre-6, post 6 it will be tricky as her ult has a low CD and no mana cost. Farm-lane or 1-sided stomp.
5	Lulu	Farm lane but don't underestimate her Burst with E-Q and some autos. If you get some LS you should be able to facetank her.
5	Lissandra	Same story as Lulu, just a bit more complicated. Lissandra has enough damage to kill you with 2-3 Items. Here again, get Qss or Hexdrinker and rush Triforce to be tanky. Trade with her after she uses Q
5	Maokai	Rare matchup, Maokai isn't played that much at the moment, If this does happen by any chance though,be careful with his early burst with Doran's Ring, although after Tri/PD you should have no problems. Care for his easy gank setups with W.
6	Diana	Rare matchup nowadays, if it happens though, windwall her Q post 6 and you should obliterate her as she doesn't have enough to 1 shot you.
6	Dr. Mundo	SUPER ANNOYING. Post 6 he doesn't die. Don't even try to kill him post 6, just do TP plays and roam.
6	Graves	Tricky matchup. Technically you should be fine against him as he is very easy to counter with Windwall and the fact he has to reload, really helps you trade with him. Don't underestimate his Burst, if you do, he'll nuke you in 2 seconds.
6	Heimerdinger	Pls not the donger.. Annoying lane as he perma shoves you. Once you get a bit tankier you should be fine against him. Don't take too much tower damage from him, and if possible, kill the towers with a quick E-Q combo and trade with him. Hexdrinker reccommended.
6	Illaoi	Risky matchup. She's tanky and does quite some dmg. Don't get hit by her E, windwall if needed, don't stack onto her tentacles in a fight, because she will melt you faster than you think.
6	Kennen	Difficult to kill when he gets HG and has ult, get QSS after Triforce or Shiv/PD, and cleanse his stun. Always trade with flow shield.
6	Malphite	As soon as he gets armor, he will refuse to die. Try your luck early on, otherwise try to match his TP'S/Roams and keep him off your ADC's in teamfights, remember, Yasuo can ALSO peel.
6	Poppy	Don't underestimate her early game dmg. She can deny your E with her W. She can make you vulnerable to ganks if you missposition against a Wall. Bait out her Q and get her to E you possibly where no walls are around.
6	Quinn	Windwall her blind- don't E before she E's you otherwise she cancels it. Be careful with her dmg output with the harrier reset, go in for quick trades and later on an all in with ult.
7	Darius	Rough lane. He's tankier and has more dmg than you early on even though he rushes armor fairly quickly. When he Q's you try to either dash away from him, or through him to not let him heal with the 2nd part of his Q range (the Edge). Don't take too long trades with him, as if he gets the 5th stack of his passive on you, you lose.
7	Nautilus	Hard lane imo, if he gets his snare auto on you, he will also get his Q off, and his E, and possibly his Ultimate. This means that QSS is a must!!! Stay within your creeps and poke him with Q's until he uses E and W to waveclear, windwall his Q if possible and poop on him.
7	Rengar	Snowbally lane. If he gets the first kill on you with his cheesy bush strats, you lose the lane hard. Go Doran's Shield first and let him push you in until you get your first item. Afterwards, shove him in hard so he doesn't have the chance to roam.
7	Riven	Kite her around with your E- If she gets close to you post 6 she can full combo one shot you without re-using her ultimate. Pre-6 try and make her use her spells (or some of them atleast) on the minions to waveclear, and go for a trade on her.
8	Fiora	Hard one. If she manages to slow you with W or E, you're gonna eat a lot of damage or maybe even die. Wait for ganks unless she missplays and eats too much poke.
8	Olaf	Pre-6, try to dodge or windwall his Q, and quicky respond with a Q-AA-E-Q E out and repeat. Make sure you make use of Grasp of the Undying in this lane.
8	Pantheon	Lane bully. He should technically spam Q on you and when he feels confident enough. stun and E you for a lot of damage. Block his Q with your flow shield, engage on him by using the minion wave, and as soon as he stuns->E's you, dash through him to negate some of his E damage, and fight him. He outroams you, therefore try and keep him from roaming by pushing him in post lvl 4: if he does roam either way, take the tower or respond to his roaming with your TP.
8	Renekton	~THIS LANE DEPENDS ON THE SKILL LVL OF YOUR OPPONENT~ If the opposing Renekton is good- you lose the lane without even having a chance to trade with him. If he's bad, you can find gaps to outtrade him with your Keystone Mastery and bait out his W, make it run out by kiting him with your E around the Wave, and re-engage.
9	Irelia	Pre-6, you should win. If you do not stomp her hard enough, post 6 with sheen she will destroy you in a 1 on 1 unless she wiffs her ult. Don't fight her in minion waves if she has ult as she will heal faster than you chunk her down. Wait for ganks and play it cool if you don't feel like going aggro.
9	Jax	Hard counter to Yasuo. Bait out his Counter-Strike and E away from him as fast as possible, then re-engage for a quick trade and repeat.
10	Teemo	FF AT 20 TEEMO OP not really, windwall his Blind and don't step on his shrooms (get the sweeping lens) pretty much an easy, but annoying lane possibly in the early game.

Table of Contents

About me

Runes

Masteries

Pros / Cons

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 1;

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 2;

Quick Explanation on Abilities PT.3

It's time for the Combos

Item Builds PT.1 [AD HEAVY] [Long Chapter]

Item Builds PT.2 [AP HEAVY]

Item Builds PT.3 [VS SQUISHIES]

Team Synergy

Excuses :-)

Credit

About me

Hello! I'm Edgy Swordsman (aka Kappacino), Yasuo Main since Release!

I've been playing so much Yasuo in the last seasons (not neccessarily ranked) and I've jsut enjoyed this Champion so much I decided to make a Guide about him.
I reached Diamond 5 97 LP Peak in Offseason 6.
I've been playing Top/Mid mostly, but sometimes I have played him Jungle and Support[kek]
I am here to teach you, or atleast attempt to teach you the Ways of the Wanderer 8)

Runes

Full AS Runes is amazing because it lowers your Q Cooldown early on making you able to use Q to farm safely/Poke very often.
Also making you able to hit the Q CD cap faster.

Flat Armor seals in an ADvAD lane, MR Blues and HP Yellows in an ADvAP lane.

Masteries

FEROCITY TREE
Fury

Good extra starting AS for trades and CDR on Q.
Great sustain from CSing which you will need in most poke lanes. Will help you stay healthier with this mastery.

More sustain!! Lifesteal is a great stat early on, on Yasuo especially because he is known to be vulnerable because of his squishyness/lack of sustain.
Now with Tanksuo AND early LS you won't have any problems in lane sustain-wise with these masteries combined.

Helpful with Multikills since it gives you 1% extra damage for each unique enemy champion killed.

RESOLVE TREE

Health regen! If you're getting bullied out of lane or simply zoned out of the creep wave, instead of risking your life by attacking a creep and healing, you can simply stay in XP range until the wave pushes into you and safely heal up over time!

Pretty basic mastery in the laning phase to reduce incoming AA damage.

Quoted:

Shields, healing, regenaration and Lifesteal are 8% stronger on you!

By now you're so healthy that this doesn't need an explanation anymore.

Increased HP regen when under 25%

+15 Tenacity and slow resist.
Great for catching up to enemies and countering their CC a bit.

AMAZING KEYSTONE.
Makes you able to win lost trades because of it's heal.
Makes you look spooky when it's ready to be procced..

Pros / Cons

PROS:+Extremely Mobile IF a Minion Wave is nearby
Option to Wall-Dash through Walls using Camps.
Extremely high Damage Output while being Tanky (Tanksuo)
Decent Siege Potential with Wind Wall
Good Engaging Potential with Last Breath
Incredibly F2P
A lot of room for outplays
Tanksuo does decently in every matchup with his sustain.

CONS:
Immobile if there are no Minions nearby[not considering high MS]
If set behind, not easy to come back.
Easily gankable for Junglers with no use of Projectiles [Rek'sai etc.]
A lot of counterplay
Out of meta
Not neccessarily better than any Meta-tank atm unless played amazingly.

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 1;

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Q:
thrusts his sword forward dealing 20/40/60/80/100 [depending on level, +1.0 attack dmg]physical damage to every unit in Steel Tempest's range.
After hits 2 Q's, on the 3rd Cast turns into Gathering Storm.
After Gathering Storm gets used, Yasuo launches out a Tornado in a straight line knocking up every enemy hit in it's way dealing 20/40/60/80/100 +1.0 per attack dmg.

W:
Yasuo slices the air creating a blocking every Projectile in it's path except for tower shots. The slowly moves forward and stays for 3.75 seconds.

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 2;

E; Sweeping Blade
Yasuo swiftly dashes through Minions/Champions/Monsters dealing 70/90/110/130/150 magic damage marking them, making it unable for Yasuo to dash through them again instantly.
Sweeping Blade can stack up to 2 times, each time increasing it's damage output.

R;
instantly gets his Flow Shield ability enabled, teleporting to an [AIRBORNE!] enemy Champion holding them in the air for a brief amount of time and smashing them down into the ground again dealing 200/300/400 damage and gaining 50% Armor Penetration for 15 seconds.

Quick Explanation on Abilities PT.3

Passive: Way of the Wanderer
His Passive~ Way of the Wanderer-Intentdoubles his crit chance, lowering the damage dealt with crits by 10%.

-ResolveMakes him gain Flow as he moves, as soon as he reaches 100-510 Flow [based on Level] he gets a Shield that does not get procced by minions, but by champions and monsters.

It's time for the Combos

Yasuo loves his combos.
Without his Combos he wouldn't be the same.
Any Yasuo player should master the following combos:

Basic Combos

E-Q: This combo consists of E'ing through any Unit and while you're dashing you use Q, making Yasuo spin dealing AoE damage.
E-3Q: Same combo as above, but with your 3rd Q, which knocks up enemies in an AoE radius.
E-3Q-R: ^^this combo^^ and using Ultimate right after it, maybe landing an AA in aswell.
E-3Q-R-Q: ^^this^^ but instantly Q'ing after you land on the ground.
E-3Q-F: Same as the E-3Q combo, but as soon as the animation starts, you use flash and flash ontop of an enemy champion, knocking them up.
This can be used as a surprise attack.
E-3Q-F-R: ^^this^^ with the use of your ultimate afterwards.
E-3Q-F-R-Q: ^^this^^ with the use of an instant Q once you land, same as the E-3Q-R-Q combo.
There is one more combo I would like to show you, although it is a bit complicated to explain.
Here is ArKaDaTa (#1 Yasuo EUW) showing us the trick, ''Airblade''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Byk_nvtQU
Launch your 3rd Q towards an enemy, E-Q another unit, when the animation begins, ult the target, the E-Q will hit the target as it ''follows Yasuo''

Item Builds PT.1 [AD HEAVY] [Long Chapter]

Trinity Force is generally a good item on Tanksuo since it gives you lots of stats that Yasuo benefits from, for example MS, AS, AD, AP[for his E, not too much of a deal though]HP and of course the Sheen passive which is a really good spike of damage on Yasuo's Q.

~ PD is a great dueling item for because of it's stats, [AS,MS,PD PASSIVE,Crit] and it's passive that makes you able to duel even the stronger tanks such as , etc. as soon as you get that 2 item Spike.

Swiftness Boots! I love these boots at the moment because you just run so fast combined with your passive from Triforce and , it makes you able to catch up to anyone! And ofcourse, the Tenacity on them is the icing on the cake.

, makes you tanky, gives you great wave clear and AoE damage, and overall makes you a dueling monster. It gives you AD,HP and Health Regen, all stats which Tanksuo benefits of. This will also give you an early shot at being tanky and being able to stay deeper in fights!

~ Armor, HP and Passive MS! Yet again nobody will be ever able to outrun you if you have the passive on you, and you will be even harder to kill since it also gives you Armor/HP.

~ Amazing LS and damage output on top of your tankiness, with that Passive shield you will be rather hard to kill, even if they do manage to take you down they will have to waste lots of time and resources on you because you're already so tanky.They won't expect a 3.5k HP slicing down their carries without dropping below 40%.[/color]

Item Builds PT.2 [AP HEAVY]

In this specific Build, I'd recommend Spirit Visage since it gives you HP,MR, some CDR which is always good and HP regen. If the enemy team still manages to melt through your HP, drop BT and buy a Banshee's Veil for Overkilling their AP Carries with MR.

Item Builds PT.3 [VS SQUISHIES]

Statikk Shiv~ Absolutely in love with this Item if you have to lane vs a GP or anything of the sort because you just melt through their HP bar so quickly while being relatively tanky at the same time. AS,MS,CRIT, and it's passive makes it one of the best possible items to buy on Yasuo.

~ Since you're gonna be way squishier than with the other Tanksuo builds, I wouldn't neccessarily call this a 'Tanksuo' Item Build. However, the MR/Armor and the Revive Passive gives you can be quite the thing against a lot of burst heavy champions, in which GA completely denies that and gives you a second chance to fix your mistake if you manage to die.

~although you do not need this Item to hit the 100% crit cap, it's passive and AD make you hit so hard the enemy will regret ever clicking ''match me with teammates''.

Team Synergy

I'm going to list some Champions that synergize well with Yasuo, and afterwards, I will explain to you why these champions synergize well with him.

ALISTAR
-great knockup combo (w/q)
-can go deep with ult
-easy towerdiving
-fairly simple to make TP plays with
-great chokepoint fighting potential

BLITZCRANK
-FREE PICKS BABY

BRAUM
-great shield combo-ability (Windwall->Braum Shield)
-AA stun passive is epic nice
-tanky support that doesn't mind going deep
-last but not least, has plenty of cc (Q slow, stuns with Passive) and his ult Knockup which is also a slow

GRAGAS
-easiest gank followups post 6
-great ult synergy
-free knockup every ~5 seconds with E

JANNA
-amazing peel
-Q is a knockup
-w is a reliable slow
-E is a good shield that gives you plenty of AD
-ult is a lifesaver/knockup

KARMA(decent synergy)
-her Mantra-E gives you plenty of MS
-her W is a slow/snare which allows you to poop on people
-Q has low cd allowing you to chase people with Karma on your team

KAYLE (decent synergy)
-Q is a great slow
-W is a Heal/MS buff
-R can make you go even deeper!

LULU(peel synergy)
-W can either save you (Polymorphing enemy) or can make you engage at lightning speed
-E is a great shield that has a low CD
-R is a knockup ON YOURSELF which allows you to get that extra hp and slow passive from it while you combo your own ult by knocking everyone up in the middle of a teamfight

MALPHITE
-insta teamfight winning ultimate
-extremely beefy frontline that can keep people off of you
-soaks all the attention in fights

MORGANA
-free pick/gank setup with Q
-great teamfighting ultimate
-black shield makes you completely immune to CC

ORIANNA
-Wombocombo ultimate
-Good shield
-Great MS buff

WUKONG
-can be a secondary damage dealer
-good knockup ult

ZILEAN
-can buff your MS everytime he wants
-better GA on his Ultimate with a fairly low CD
-can place a bomb on you for your engages

Excuses :-)

This is the first guide I've ever made, it took some time to make but I had a lot of fun creating this guide for you!
Any negative/positive Feedback is highly appreciated!
Thank you for reading! =]

Credit

BIG THANKS TO ELIZETA FOR HELPING ME WITH THE GUIDE u.u

Full Credit to ArKaDaTa with the Airblade trick.

23.04 LOL I can't believe this guide has 100k views... Thanks a lot everyone!

Guide Discussion (4)

Yasuo Build Guide by EdgySwordsman

Tanksuo Top [6.7]

Tanksuo

Yasuo Build

Tanksuo vs AD Heavy

Tanksuo vs AP Heavy

Tanksuo vs Squishies

Tanksuo vs lots of Armor

OTHER VIABLE ITEMS

Ability Sequence

Not Updated For Current Season

Masteries

Ferocity: 12

Cunning: 0

Resolve: 18

Threats to Yasuo with this build

About me

Hello! I'm Edgy Swordsman (aka Kappacino), Yasuo Main since Release!

Runes

Masteries

Pros / Cons

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 1;

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 2;

Quick Explanation on Abilities PT.3

It's time for the Combos

Basic Combos

Item Builds PT.1 [AD HEAVY] [Long Chapter]

Item Builds PT.2 [AP HEAVY]

Item Builds PT.3 [VS SQUISHIES]

Team Synergy

Excuses :-)

Credit

BIG THANKS TO ELIZETA FOR HELPING ME WITH THE GUIDE u.u

Full Credit to ArKaDaTa with the Airblade trick.

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Yasuo Build Guide by EdgySwordsman

Tanksuo Top [6.7]

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Tanksuo

Yasuo Build

Tanksuo vs AD Heavy

Tanksuo vs AP Heavy

Tanksuo vs Squishies

Tanksuo vs lots of Armor

OTHER VIABLE ITEMS

Ability Sequence

Not Updated For Current Season

Masteries

Ferocity: 12

Cunning: 0

Resolve: 18

Threats to Yasuo with this build

About me

Hello! I'm Edgy Swordsman (aka Kappacino), Yasuo Main since Release!

Runes

Masteries

Pros / Cons

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 1;

Quick Explanation on Abilities Part 2;

Quick Explanation on Abilities PT.3

It's time for the Combos

Basic Combos

Item Builds PT.1 [AD HEAVY] [Long Chapter]

Item Builds PT.2 [AP HEAVY]

Item Builds PT.3 [VS SQUISHIES]

Team Synergy

Excuses :-)

Credit

BIG THANKS TO ELIZETA FOR HELPING ME WITH THE GUIDE u.u

Full Credit to ArKaDaTa with the Airblade trick.

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