•Before every E, decide which minion is your way back out; Yasuo lane strength comes from borrowing the wave for routes, so spending the dash target you needed to leave is how a good trade turns into a stranded one .
•Yasuo’s best mids are the ones where normal lane actions stop feeling normal for the opponent—last-hits and spellcasts start happening inside your wave, shield, and tornado threat—and recent data backs that kind of repeated 1v1 pressure much more than random early side action .
•Treat every knockup as a question, not an automatic R: only take Last Breath when the landing spot is still playable, and remember the post-ult armor penetration often makes staying on a reachable diver or frontliner the correct Yasuo choice .
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251.2%
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E→
W52.1%
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63.2%
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