Yasuo vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Yasuo
based on 4,251 Yasuo vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Yasuo vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Yasuo vs. Xayah matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Yasuo usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Xayah
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate than Xayah, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yasuo into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Xayah 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 teammates during team fights.
Yasuo is an above average counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often gets a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Yasuo versus Xayah build include Death's Dance, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Xayah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 52.6% battling Xayah with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Xayah as Yasuo, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yasuo vs Xayah fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
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