Champion sheet · Mid

Yasuo

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.2%#62 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.3%picked in 323 of 7,537 games
Ban: 7.9%282 bans over 3,577 games, against 27.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid51.7% between 45.5% and 57.8% over 176 gamesSoloQ 50.2%: no clear gap

Median length27.7 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 7,565 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 385,041 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.2%
SoloQ
3.8%
1.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
8.6%
SoloQ
27.0%
8.6% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 27.0% in soloQ over 183,139 games.

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 Tempo76% · 21,855

Same in amateur play

SpellsExhaust + Flash54% · 15,589

Amateur: Flash + Ignite (40%), gap not settled

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 40 games

Core (3 legendaries)34% · 4,886

34%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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.