Leona vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Leona
based on 9,698 Leona vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Yasuo
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Leona in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Leona vs. Yasuo counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Leona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Leona or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Leona does have a higher winrate than Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Leona into Yasuo.
Moreover, Leona has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Yasuo matchups, Leona is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Leona is a decent counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona usually gets a lot less CS compared to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Leona versus Yasuo build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Yasuo than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Yasuo as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Leona vs Yasuo LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.
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