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Yasuo vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Yasuo in LoLYasuo is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Yasuo

based on 8,865 Yasuo vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
1.85
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our dataset, Yasuo faced off against Rengar 8865 times. Using so many games with Yasuo vs Rengar gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a pro build to annihilate Rengar. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Yasuo encounters Rengar in only 3.4% of his games.

Yasuo vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Yasuo does a good job of beating Rengar. On average, he wins a whopping 53.2% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Yasuo versus Rengar games, Yasuo’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Rengar.

Best Yasuo vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Yasuo Items

~22 Mins
Blade of The Ruined KingDeath's DanceImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusJak'Sho, The ProteanGuardian AngelStridebreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yasuo to level upq
>
Second ability for Yasuo to level upe
>
Last skill for Yasuo to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Yasuo's passive ability p
Yasuo's q ability q
Yasuo's w ability w
Yasuo's e ability e
Yasuo's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Yasuo

Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Yasuo vs Rengar Counter Stats

Yasuo Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Rengar Image
7.1
< Kills >
8.2
6.7
< Deaths >
6.9
5.3
< Assists >
6.4
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
187
< Minions Killed >
44
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
1.18
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.35
18,394
< Physical Damage >
17,268
1,804
< Magic Damage >
1,267
896
< True Damage >
1,120
21,095
< Damage Dealt >
19,656
24,044
< Damage Taken >
33,191
12,597
< Gold Earned >
12,778
2.44
< Towers >
1.28
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
5,554
< Total Healing >
15,791
14,464
< Experience >
13,858
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
5
229
< Time Dealing CC >
227

How to Counter Rengar with Yasuo in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Yasuo vs. Rengar counter stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rengar..

Yasuo usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Rengar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yasuo and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Yasuo
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yasuo
Rengar

Who is Better, Yasuo or Rengar?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when taking on Rengar, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a great counter for Rengar.

While Yasuo does have a higher winrate than Rengar, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yasuo into Rengaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Yasuo also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Rengar matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Yasuo is a great counter for Rengar. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Rengar.

Additional Information for Yasuo Players

How We Calculated Our Yasuo vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Yasuo, we analyzed 8,865 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 Rengar as Yasuo 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Yasuo to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yasuo usually racks up much more CS compared to Rengar. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Yasuo versus Rengar build include Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Rengar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Rengar with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Rengar as Yasuo, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Yasuo vs Rengar counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rengar as Yasuo are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.