Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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 provided here feature some significant Twitch vs. Yasuo counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between this set of champs. Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Twitch typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when taking on Yasuo, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Twitch makes an ok counter to Yasuo.
While Twitch does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Twitch also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Twitch into Yasuo.
Additionally, Twitch also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twitch 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 teamfights.
Twitch is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Twitch against Yasuo.
If you would like to truly master Twitch in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Twitch versus Yasuo build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Twitch incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Yasuo than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Twitch had an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Yasuo as Twitch, Twitch players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Twitch vs Yasuo matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Twitch are displayed for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.