Carry build for prolonged contact: Yone wins when he forces an exchange that becomes better for him the longer he stays in the useful zone. The build must therefore serve access, repeated threats, and enough margin that his E return is not only an escape.
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 Yone 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.
Taliyah
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Cho'Gath
Kraken Slayer
Very durable
Irelia
Mortal Reminder
Recurring healing
Pantheon
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Best Yone 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.
Poppy
Kraken Slayer
Very durable
Shen
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Warwick
Mortal Reminder
Recurring healing
Jax
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Best Yone build (Jungle): Infinity Edge › Blade of the Ruined King › Phantom Dancer › Galeforce › 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.
15,900 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 -300gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost -300gScores 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.
Rammus
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Jax
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Warwick
Mortal Reminder
Recurring healing
Poppy
Kraken Slayer
Very durable
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.
Yone generates value by staying in fights long enough to stack damage. The build balances crit and survivability.
Long Sword
Lifesteal on mixed physical and magic auto attacks from passive
Reset CDR on crit for Q and W rotation plus fast
anti-heal + crit, Yone stack crit comme Yasuo
Berserkers Greaves
Stasis
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his attacks hybrid (soul/physical) in extended fights maximize Lethal Tempo to a DPS massive.
Your pattern weaves autos and Qs constantly — the flat per-hit bonus feeds every exchange, spirit form included.
Your mixed crits land on full targets at the start — the bonus applies to the first E combo.
Less CC during E — you snap back from spirit form before the punish lands.
Blunts the counter when you E in — the three weakened hits pay for the exchange.
Guardian Angel
Maw of Malmortius
Stasis
Quicksilver
Guardian Angel
Maw of Malmortius
Stasis
Quicksilver
Guardian Angel
Maw of Malmortius
Stasis
Quicksilver
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
This spike gives Yone his best fight continuity. He is no longer only looking to surprise one target: he can chase after E, take objectives quickly, and win extended skirmishes if enemy crowd control has already been used.
