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What decides the mid lane matchup: Katarina vs Yasuo in League of Legends
What decides the mid lane
A tactical read of the mid lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Katarina
mid lane · Level six all-in
The lane changes shape at the ultimate, so the window to build a lead closes at level six.
Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground.
Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult.
Yasuo
mid lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave.
Yasuo's passive shield eats the first hit of every trade and minions are his dashes; a broken shield and a thin wave beat him.
Katarina vs Yasuo: Common Questions
- Who wins Katarina vs Yasuo?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked mid lane games of Katarina against Yasuo to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Katarina: Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground. Yasuo: Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave.
- How do you play the Katarina Yasuo matchup?
- It is a mid lane matchup between a level six all-in and a lane bully. Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult. Yasuo's passive shield eats the first hit of every trade and minions are his dashes; a broken shield and a thin wave beat him.
- What should I know about Yasuo vs Katarina?
- Yasuo is a lane bully: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Katarina is a level six all-in: The lane changes shape at the ultimate, so the window to build a lead closes at level six. Yasuo: Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave. Katarina: Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground.
- How do I beat Yasuo as Katarina?
- Yasuo's passive shield eats the first hit of every trade and minions are his dashes; a broken shield and a thin wave beat him. Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Yasuo you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.