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 stats shown on this page feature several critical Sett versus Yasuo matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Sett normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sett usually fairs equally well when facing off against Yasuo, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Sett makes an ok counter to Yasuo.
While Sett does have a higher winrate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Sett also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sett into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Sett has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sett vs Yasuo matchups, Sett is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sett is a decent counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sett against Yasuo.
If you would like to truly master Sett 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yasuo. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Sett versus Yasuo build include Blade of The Ruined King, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Sett included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Yasuo than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Yasuo as Sett, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Sett vs Yasuo face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Sett are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.