Current tournament record. #30 in the current Snapshot, with 0 Top 8 finishes across 3 events; 4 entries counted toward field share and a best finish of #37.
What Yasuo Rewards
Unforgiven · printed ability
“2 Energy,: Move a friendly unit to or from its base.”
Yasuo is about positioning; the Legend ability makes movement and battlefield choice feel more important than simply playing the biggest unit.
The Game Plan
Yasuo is about repositioning your own units, not bouncing enemy units. The ability saves exhausted units, changes which battlefield you can contest, and lets movement payoffs matter on demand.
Strengths
Repeatable friendly movement
Can rescue or redeploy units
Strong with movement payoffs
Watch Outs
Costs 2 energy
Cannot move enemy units
Needs careful battlefield planning
Turn by Turn
1Early: develop units that are worth moving rather than spending Yasuo on filler.
2Midgame: move a unit out of danger or into the battlefield where its Might changes the result.
3Late: use base movement to preserve key units and set up a final surprise contest.
New to this Legend? Pick Yasuo if you like winning with positioning tricks on your own units rather than raw size.
What Winning Yasuo Looks Like
The full list below comes straight from a recent top-performing event run, runes and battlefields included. Use it as the reference build, then adjust for your collection.
City Challenge: Beijing (National Open Special) - Bracket B @ 阿卡丽的神秘商店 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19 · 56 cards
Legend (1)
Yasuo, Unforgiven1
Units (20)
Scuttle Crab3
Stellacorn Herder3
Tideturner3
Fizz, Trickster2
Irelia, Fervent2
Kha'Zix, Mutating Horror2
Traveling Merchant2
Draven, Audacious1
Vex, Apathetic1
Yasuo, Windrider1
Spells (19)
Defy3
Discipline3
En Garde3
Ride the Wind3
Charm2
Stacked Deck2
Star-Crossed2
Not So Fast1
Gear (1)
Zhonya's Hourglass1
Runes (12)
Calm Rune6
Chaos Rune6
Battlefields (3)
Forbidding Waste1
Star Spring1
The Arena's Greatest1
Also putting up results: (City Challenge: Beijing (National Open Special) - Bracket B @ 阿卡丽的神秘商店 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19) and (City Challenge: Beijing (National Open Special) - Bracket B @ 阿卡丽的神秘商店 Riftbound Top Decks, 2026-07-19).
The Cards Doing the Work
Card advantage · 3x
Scuttle Crab
“When you play me, draw 1. [Deathknell] → Choose an opponent. They reveal their hand. You can look at their facedown cards this turn. Gain 1 XP. (When I die, get the effects.)”
Card advantage · 3x
Stellacorn Herder
“When I move, draw 1.”
Positioning · 3x
Tideturner
How to Start Playing Yasuo
Yasuo has no preconstructed starter deck, so this is a singles build — start from the proven list above in the deck builder and trim toward the cards you own.
“[Hidden] (Hide now for 1 Power to react with later for 0 Energy.) When you play me, you may choose a unit you control at another location. Move me to its location and it to my…”
Calm
Chaos![Riftbound Legend: Unforgiven. [2], [E]: Move a friendly unit to or from its base.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/68e4d3230b785738ae9d86f780f7f5607ef11807-744x1040.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
![Riftbound Unit: Scuttle Crab. (Units with 0 [S] can conquer and hold.)
When you play me, draw 1.
[Deathknell][>] Choose an opponent. They reveal their hand. You can look at their facedown cards this turn. Gain 1 XP. (When I die, get the effects.)](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/8c9a251b2deb21716fba0ac83c6aac96563fa19d-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)
![Riftbound Unit: Tideturner. [Hidden] (Hide now for [A] to react with later for [0].)
When you play me, you may choose a unit you control at another location. Move me to its location and it to my original location.](https://cmsassets.rgpub.io/sanity/images/dsfx7636/game_data_live/bad355dba8b32d1fba33dc3924cad6a34b61b5af-744x1039.png?w=2048&q=70&auto=format&fit=max)