You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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 here underscore some influential Galio against Yasuo matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Galio typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Galio makes an ok counter for Yasuo.
While Galio does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Galio into Yasuo.
Additionally, Galio also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Galio vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Galio against Yasuo.
To truly master Galio in order to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Galio versus Yasuo build include Banshee's Veil, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Yasuo than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Yasuo as Galio, you should equip the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Galio vs Yasuo clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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