Champion sheet · Mid

Yasuo

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.3%#66 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.3%picked in 1,238 of 28,552 games
Ban: 8.0%1,847 bans over 23,113 games, against 26.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid50.1% between 47.1% and 53.2% over 714 gamesSoloQ 50.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.3 minsoloQ 27.1 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Immortal Shieldbow, Infinity Edge, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 85% of mid laners.FrontlineDuelistSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Vi in amateur play: +15.2 pts over 40 games, range above zero.+15.2 pt40 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.3%
SoloQ
3.6%
1.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
8.1%
SoloQ
26.3%
8.1% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 26.3% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.3 min
SoloQ
27.1 min
Median of 28.3 min in amateur play, against 27.1 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Immortal Shieldbow, Infinity Edge, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo81% · 56,797

Same in amateur play

SpellsExhaust + Flash59% · 41,517

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 126 games

Core (3 legendaries)35% · 10,887

35%of soloQ games

Immortal Shieldbow
Infinity Edge
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 85% of mid laners.

Absorbs damagetop15%944 · mid laners: 489
Takes its kills in duelstop25%26% · mid laners: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Frontline
Duelist
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 34 in lane, 21 in mid game and 9 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

507-20 vs 528

832-67 vs 899

994-184 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Yasuomid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 74% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 34 of 100 among mid laners507 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners832 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners994 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners+250 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners+371 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 44 of 100 among mid laners3.6 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 85 of 100 among mid laners944 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 31 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 75 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 38 of 100 among mid lanersrank 38 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 67 of 100 among mid laners0.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners22% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Vi in amateur play: +15.2 pts over 40 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa53.3% · expected 49.6% · 45 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +0.2

Renekton48.7% · expected 48.4% · 39 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -1.4

Junglegap to expected

Vi65.0% · expected 49.8% · 40 g+15.2 ptSoloQ +1.6

Wukong48.1% · expected 47.9% · 54 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -2.5

Sylas51.5% · expected 49.4% · 33 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

Jarvan IV52.5% · expected 51.5% · 40 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +1.9

Midgap to expected

Vex57.6% · expected 50.8% · 33 g+6.7 ptSoloQ -2.2

Ahri48.8% · expected 48.2% · 41 g+0.6 ptSoloQ 0.0

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal61.4% · expected 53.7% · 44 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +1.4

Tristana58.1% · expected 50.4% · 31 g+7.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Xayah55.3% · expected 49.0% · 38 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +0.8

Kai'Sa53.2% · expected 50.6% · 62 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -0.2

Jhin57.1% · expected 52.6% · 42 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Supportgap to expected

Milio55.6% · expected 51.9% · 36 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -0.3

Lulu53.1% · expected 52.5% · 49 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

With

Topgap to expected

Mordekaiser58.3% · expected 50.8% · 36 g+7.5 ptSoloQ +0.1

Ornn54.8% · expected 50.5% · 42 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +0.4

K'Sante53.3% · expected 47.9% · 30 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +1.1

Gragas47.9% · expected 47.4% · 48 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin56.9% · expected 49.9% · 58 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.1

ADCgap to expected

Ashe56.7% · expected 51.4% · 30 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +0.7

Caitlyn54.2% · expected 52.2% · 48 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -1.1

Kai'Sa50.0% · expected 49.7% · 62 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ezreal47.5% · expected 46.6% · 40 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Jhin48.6% · expected 47.7% · 37 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus56.7% · expected 50.2% · 67 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Seraphine60.0% · expected 51.0% · 30 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +1.8

Blitzcrank58.3% · expected 52.0% · 36 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +1.0

Leona53.8% · expected 49.2% · 39 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

Rakan56.7% · expected 50.8% · 30 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -2.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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