Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Fiddlesticks against Yasuo matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Fiddlesticks usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually wins when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Fiddlesticks makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Fiddlesticks does have a higher winrate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Fiddlesticks also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Fiddlesticks into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Fiddlesticks also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Yasuo matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Fiddlesticks is a decent counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Fiddlesticks against Yasuo.
To learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks on average picks up a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Fiddlesticks versus Yasuo build include Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Yasuo than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Yasuo as Fiddlesticks, you should use the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Fiddlesticks vs Yasuo face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Fiddlesticks are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.