Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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 clarify some critical Udyr vs. Yasuo matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Udyr normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Udyr usually fairs equally well when taking on Yasuo, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Udyr makes an ok counter for Yasuo.
While Udyr does have a lower winrate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Udyr also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Udyr into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Udyr also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Udyr 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 team members during team fights.
Udyr is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Udyr against Yasuo.
If you would like to truly master Udyr in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Udyr most often accumulates less CS relative to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Udyr versus Yasuo build include Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Abyssal Mask. When Udyr bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Yasuo than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Udyr boasted an average win rate of 49.0% battling Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Yasuo as Udyr, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Udyr vs Yasuo counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Udyr are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.