Yone is a powerful midlane bruiser who excels at engaging and outplaying opponents through his unique dual-sword combat style. Despite having simpler basics than his brother Yasuo, Yone requires extensive practice to master.

Abilities Overview

Passive:

• Doubles critical strike chance from all sources (with slightly reduced crit damage)
• Alternates between physical and mixed (50% physical/50% magic) damage on basic attacks

Q - Mortal Steel:

• Thrusts sword forward, dealing physical damage (can crit)
• After two hits, creates a storm that knocks up enemies
• Cooldown reduces with attack speed

W - Spirit Cleave:

• Deals mixed damage in a cone
• Damage scales with enemy max health
• Provides shield that increases per champion hit
• Animation speed scales with attack speed

E - Soul Unbound:

• Leaves spirit form for 5 seconds
• Gains movement speed
• Stores portion of damage dealt
• Returns to spirit form with stored damage as true damage
• Unstoppable during return

R - Fate Sealed:

• Dashes through marked area
• Carries enemies to furthest point
• Deals mixed damage and knocks up
• Can be used as escape if no champions hit

Optimal Skill Order Q > E > W > R

Building Yone

Early Game Priority:

1. Attack speed (until Q reaches 1.33s cooldown)
2. Critical strike chance
3. Attack damage

Core Stats:

• Attack Speed
• Critical Strike
• Life Steal
• Damage Procs

Defensive items are typically reserved for 5th or 6th item slots.

Key Tips:

• Master your damage limits through practice
• Time trades around W cooldown in early game
• Use E strategically for both engage and escape
• Combine abilities for maximum burst potential
• Leverage mixed damage profile to counter builds

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