Yasuo vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Yasuo
based on 2,694 Yasuo vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Yasuo vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Yasuo versus Taric matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Yasuo normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taric. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Taric
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Taric?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when trying to fight Taric, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a bad counter to Taric.
While Yasuo does have a much lower winrate than Taric, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Yasuo into Taricas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a trash counter to Taric. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo to counter Taric 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often racks up much more CS as Taric. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Taric build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Taric than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 45.8% battling Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Taric as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Yasuo vs Taric counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.8% win rate overall.
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