Xayah vs Yasuo Counter Build
How to Beat Yasuo as Xayah
Summary
We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we review every week. This Xayah vs Yasuo matchup guide came out of an analysis of 24,342 ranked matches where both champions faced off against one another.
This particular champ pairing is fairly uncommon. Xayah has to counter Yasuo in only 8.7% of her rounds. Unfortunitally, Xayah does a dismal job of countering Yasuo. Typically, Xayah wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Xayah against Yasuo matches, Xayah’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Yasuo.
Matchups Analyzed
Win Rate
Team First Blood
Best Xayah Items to Counter Yasuo
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Yasuo build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Yasuo than with most other commonly used item sets.
Best Xayah Runes to Counter Yasuo
To have the best probability of beating Yasuo as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Ravenous Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes. Of all the rune sets players chose for Xayah vs Yasuo matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. We have also included the top Yasuo runes to counterpick against Xayah to help you recognize how he will probably be built against your champ.
Best Xayah Runes
Lethal Tempo
Presence of Mind
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Ravenous Hunter
Taste of BloodBest Yasuo Runes
Conqueror
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Cut Down Taste of Blood Ravenous HunterStats
The following tables highlight some important Xayah against Yasuo matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of 2.2 is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of 1.8, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo.
Battle Stats
Kills
Deaths
Assists
Largest Killing Spree
Damage Dealt
Damage Taken
Objective Stats
Towers Destroyed
Inhibitors Destroyed
Dragons Killed
Barons Killed
Gold Earned
Minions Killed
Xayah often has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, Xayah receives less damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
In Xayah vs Yasuo matchups, Xayah usually gets a similar amount of CS than Yasuo. Champs that do not get a lot of minion kills typically do not have to have much CS to be useful. Instead, they are able to scale adequately off their abilities alone. Yet, champs with tons of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the averages presented here to do well.
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How We Analyze Our Matchups
For this counter guide, we analyzed 24342 Xayah vs Yasuo matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Yasuo as Xayah comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.