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Yone Aggressive Guide
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Overview
This guide is about playing Yone aggressively. Aggressive mid means shoving the wave, taking the river first and looking for kills in the side lanes with your jungler. Your spikes are level 6, when Fate Sealed comes online, and each completed item: Black Cleaver first, then Bastionbreaker. Riot rates it 8/10 in attack, 4/10 in magic, 4/10 in defense and 8/10 in difficulty.
Strengths
- High physical damage: Riot rates it 8/10 in attack.
- Crowd control: Mortal Steel applies a knock-up to set up kills.
- Fate Sealed hits several enemies: a strong team fight tool.
- Mobility: Mortal Steel lets you reposition, engage or escape.
Weaknesses
- Hard to master: Riot rates its difficulty 8/10.
- Melee range: ranged opponents can poke it in lane.
- Every death while playing aggressively hands the tempo back to the enemy.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Lethality buildOffensiveRecommendedAll-in on damage: Lord Dominik's Regards, Black Cleaver and Bastionbreaker stack attack damage, critical strike and armor penetration. Choose it when you're ahead or the enemy team is fragile — it gives up safety for kill pressure.
- Against physical damageDefensiveSituationalFor a lane or a team that hits with attacks: armor boots and an armor item in the core.
Builds
Lethality build
When to use it
All-in on damage: Lord Dominik's Regards, Black Cleaver and Bastionbreaker stack attack damage, critical strike and armor penetration. Choose it when you're ahead or the enemy team is fragile — it gives up safety for kill pressure.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
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- TopPriority 243% of matches
Starting items
Core items
- 1Lord Dominik's Regards
- 2Black Cleaver
- 3Bastionbreaker
Boots
Situational
Runes
Primary· Domination
Secondary· Precision
Shards
Summoner spells
Flash
Ignite
Against physical damage
When to use it
For a lane or a team that hits with attacks: armor boots and an armor item in the core.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
243%157%- MidMain57% of matches
- TopPriority 243% of matches
Starting items
Core items
- 1Black Cleaver
- 2Bastionbreaker
- 3Death's Dance
Boots
Situational
Runes
Primary· Precision
Secondary· Resolve
Shards
Summoner spells
- Flash
- Ignite
Abilities
Way of the HunterPassiveYone deals magic damage with every second Attack. In addition, his critical strike chance is increased.
QMortal Steel4sThrusts forward, damaging all enemies in a line. On hit, grants a stack of Gathering Storm for a few seconds. At 2 stacks, Mortal Steel dashes Yone forward with a gust of wind knocking enemies Airborne .- Cooldown
- 4
- Range
- 450
WSpirit Cleave14sCleaves forward, damaging all enemies in a cone. Grants a shield to Yone, the value is increased by the number of champions hit by the swipe. Spirit Cleave's cooldown and cast time scale with attack speed.- Cooldown
- 14
- Range
- 700
ESoul Unbound22/19/16/13/10sYone's spirit leaves his body behind, gaining Move Speed. When this ability ends, Yone's spirit is forced back to his body and he repeats a portion of the damage he dealt as a spirit.- Cooldown
- 22·19·16·13·10
- Range
- 25000
RFate SealedUltimate120/100/80sYone blinks behind the last champion in a line with a slash so powerful it pulls all enemies hit towards him.- Cooldown
- 120·100·80
- Range
- 1000
Strategy
1When to fight
Your spikes are level 6, when Fate Sealed comes online, and each completed item: Black Cleaver first, then Bastionbreaker. Aggressive mid means shoving the wave, taking the river first and looking for kills in the side lanes with your jungler.
2Picking your targets
Use Fate Sealed where it changes the fight, not where it's safe, and keep your distance until the enemy uses their engage. The best target is the one your team can reach and kill before the enemy answers, not always the most valuable one.
3Snowballing a lead
After a won fight, take dragons and towers before anything else: that's what turns kills into a lead the enemy can't erase. Early, prioritise the river: being first to a skirmish or to the first dragon is worth more than a few extra minions.
4When to back off
Safe mid means farming under your tower, waiting for your items and only following your jungler when the enemy jungler is seen elsewhere. If your key abilities are on cooldown or the enemy is missing from the map, the aggressive play is to wait.
Tips
- Fight on your spikes: right after Black Cleaver, look for the next fight instead of farming.
- Look for kills when Fate Sealed is ready and the enemy's key ability is not.
- Use Mortal Steel to start the fight, then commit your damage.
- Track the enemy's key cooldowns and attack right after they use them.
- Turn every kill into dragons and towers: a kill without an objective is a wasted lead.
- Push your lane before you roam so the aggression doesn't cost you resources.
Matchups
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 16.19.1.
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