Warwick vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Warwick
based on 11,871 Warwick vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Yasuo
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several strategic Warwick versus Yasuo counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Warwick usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Yasuo. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Warwick or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when taking on Yasuo, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes an ok counter to Yasuo.
While Warwick does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Warwick has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Warwick 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Warwick versus Yasuo build include Experimental Hexplate, Titanic Hydra, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Warwick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Yasuo than with many other common builds. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Yasuo with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Yasuo as Warwick, Warwick players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Warwick vs Yasuo counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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