Yasuo vs Xerath in Mid lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his E is the shot that catches you — Windwall it and he has nothing left to stop you. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDYASUOthe Unforgiven

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDXERATHthe Magus Ascendant

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Windwall his E

block that and from there on you just chunk him or kill him.

Dash when he steps up

Realistically he should never be in range to dash to, but the moment he steps up, dash onto him, Windwall his E, and take over.

He's skillshot-reliant

Xerath is completely skillshot-reliant, and Yasuo is good against that — sidestep and Windwall his poke to walk him down.

✕ DON'T

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Never dash in while he's played safe at max range — only commit once he oversteps into your range.

Runes

PRECISIONmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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