Lee Sin vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Lee Sin
based on 7,677 Lee Sin vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Yasuo
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Win Against Yasuo
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.
Lee Sin vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here show some strategic Lee Sin against Yasuo counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Lee Sin usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Yasuo, with a 45.5% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Yasuo.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower win rate than Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Yasuo.
Moreover, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Lee Sin is a trash counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often picks up a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Yasuo build consist of Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Yasuo than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 45.5% when playing against Yasuo with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Yasuo as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Yasuo fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.5% win rate overall.
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