Mordekaiser vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Mordekaiser
based on 18,291 Mordekaiser vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Mordekaiser vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Yasuo
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Advice to Win Against Yasuo
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.
Mordekaiser vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Mordekaiser in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Mordekaiser against Yasuo matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between these two champs. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Mordekaiser typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Mordekaiser and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Yasuo?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Mordekaiser makes a good counter for Yasuo.
While Mordekaiser does have a higher win rate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Mordekaiser also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Mordekaiser into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Mordekaiser 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 fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Yasuo matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Mordekaiser is a decent counter to Yasuo. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Mordekaiser against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Mordekaiser to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Mordekaiser versus Yasuo build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Yasuo than with most other common item sets. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Yasuo as Mordekaiser, Mordekaiser players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Mordekaiser vs Yasuo counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Mordekaiser are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.