Yasuo vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Yasuo
based on 12,479 Yasuo vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Aatrox
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Yasuo vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Yasuo against Aatrox matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Yasuo usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Aatrox?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aatrox, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Aatrox.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Aatrox, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Aatroxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Aatrox matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Aatrox. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Aatrox. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Yasuo versus Aatrox build consist of Infinity Edge, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Aatrox than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Aatrox as Yasuo, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Yasuo vs Aatrox counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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