Yasuo vs Varus Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Yasuo the fighter/assassin hybrid, Varus the marksman/mage hybrid. The sample behind this page is 245 games from patch 16.13.1, and Yasuo wins 57.1% of them. Being 7.1 points clear of the 50% line makes Varus a favourable draw for Yasuo.
Shared damage type here — physical for Yasuo as well as Varus. Yasuo opens on 590 health and 32 armour, Varus on 600 and 24. The 8-armour edge belongs to Yasuo. By level 18 that becomes 2460 health and 110 armour for Yasuo against 2385 and 92 for Varus. There is a movement gap too: 345 for Yasuo, 330 for Varus.
Range decides much of the early game: Varus attacks from 575 units, Yasuo from 175. Yasuo wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A missed Last Breath from Yasuo hands Varus the window to land Blighted Quiver. Whoever spends Last Breath or Chain of Corruption first hands the other a window. One spends Flow and the other Mana, which changes how long each can keep poking.
Riot scores Yasuo at 10/10 for difficulty against 2/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. Treat 245 games as the confidence attached to 57.1%. The Yasuo versus Varus numbers rebuild from current Emerald and above games.
FAQ
Yes — Yasuo holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Yasuo wins 57.1% of the recorded games.
57.1% from Yasuo's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
245 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Yasuo build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Yasuo build page.