Mobile-contact carry build: Yasuo does not win only through mechanical speed, but because he turns messy space into an exchange that keeps belonging to him. The build must therefore preserve his burst threat, his continuity inside the fight, and enough margin for his first useful dash to truly open what follows.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Yasuo build (Mid Lane): Infinity Edge › Blade of the Ruined King › Bloodthirster › Phantom Dancer › Lord Dominik's Regards, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,800 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,600 total cost -200gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost -200g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Malphite
Kraken Slayer
Very durable
Vex
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Karma
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Lissandra
Mortal Reminder
Recurring healing
Best Yasuo build (Baron Lane): Infinity Edge › Blade of the Ruined King › Bloodthirster › Phantom Dancer › Lord Dominik's Regards, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,800 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,600 total cost -200gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost -200g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Jax
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Malphite
Kraken Slayer
Very durable
Warwick
Mortal Reminder
Recurring healing
Yone
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Yasuo generates value through sustained DPS.
Long Sword
Lifesteal + shield, synergizes with the double crit passive
anti-heal + crit, Yasuo a 100% crit with 2 items
survival in melee, heal on kill with thes resets E-Q
Gluttonous Greaves
Protobelt
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Stacked attack speed breaks your cap — more autos between Qs, your storm builds twice as fast.
The flat bonus rides every auto in your dash-auto-Q weave — free DPS across your whole kit.
Your passive-doubled crits land on full targets early in fights — the bonus stacks on top.
Attack speed to trigger the tornade Q Steel Tempest (3 hits) more quickly.
Covers the window when your passive shield is down — short trades stop chipping your early game.
Guardian Angel
Maw of Malmortius
Protobelt
Quicksilver
Guardian Angel
Maw of Malmortius
Protobelt
Quicksilver
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
With Navori and Infinity Edge, Yasuo reaches his most important damage spike. At this point, he is no longer only trying to survive lane: he can decide an objective fight if the entry is clean.
