Vex vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Vex
based on 6,053 Vex vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Vex
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.
Vex vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Vex in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Vex against Yasuo counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Vex often has a similar longest kill spree as their opponent does. Typically, they receives less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Vex or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Vex makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Vex does have a lower win rate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vex into Yasuo.
Additionally, Vex also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vex is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vex against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vex to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Vex versus Yasuo build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Vex bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better versus Yasuo than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Yasuo with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Yasuo as Vex, you should take the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vex vs Yasuo face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Vex are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.