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 feature several important Rell against Yasuo matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Rell typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rell usually wins when playing against Yasuo, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Rell makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Rell does have a higher win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Rell also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Rell into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Rell also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rell vs Yasuo matchups, Rell is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Rell is a good counter for Yasuo. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rell against Yasuo.
To learn all of the intricacies of Rell to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell most often gets a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Rell versus Yasuo build include Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Rell bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Yasuo than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rell boasted an average winrate of 52.8% battling Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Yasuo as Rell, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Rell vs Yasuo battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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