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🧠 How to BEAT Yunara in LoL?

Have you seen Yunara on the PBE? Get ready before her release with this complete guide to counter her in ranked. Learn how to beat her in lane, the champions that shut her down, and more.

Yunara is coming in hot: are you ready to stop her?

Yunara is the 171st champion in League of Legends, and even though she hasn't officially arrived on the live server yet, people are already calling her a serious threat on the Rift. She’ll be available starting July 16, 2025 with patch 25.14, and the craziest part? You can unlock her for free with a special mission from the Spirit Blossom event. Yep, just like Mel Medarda’s release.

Now, if you're into ranked games and don’t want to lose LP just because “no one knows how to play against Yunara”... you better keep reading. Because even if she’s not fully live yet, she's already making waves on the PBE—and if you don’t prepare now, it’s gonna hurt.


🧩 Understanding her kit: the key is in her Q (and not giving her early game for free)

Yunara plays as an ADC, but her style is something else. Her damage relies on stacking her Q and using her early power spike to take the lead. In simple terms: if she hits level 2 before you, you’ll probably end up in gray screen mode.

Tips to avoid getting deleted early:

  • Don't slack on the first wave. The ninth minion gives level 2.

  • If you see she’ll level up before you, back off. Don’t hand over the first trade.

  • Save your spells. If you survive her first burst, her plan crumbles.

👀 Key info: Her Q stacks show just below her health bar. If she’s at 6-7, don’t dive her like a lunatic. Wait for the bar to drop, then punish her.


🌪️ Don’t group up or you'll all go down together

When Yunara activates her ultimate, she boosts her W and E, and also makes her Q activate instantly, no stacks needed. This phase lasts over 10 seconds and it’s basically a mini apocalypse if your team is clumped up.

What should you do?

  • Don’t fight in tight jungle spots or the Baron pit.

  • Spread out, give your team room to move.

  • Don’t feed her with bad positioning. Spacing out buys time.

And if you’re wondering when to go in… easy: once her R ends. That’s when she stops being a threat and becomes just another ADC.


⛓️ Crowd control is her worst nightmare

Yunara heavily relies on her mobility. If she’s stuck, she’s dead. That simple.

That’s why champions with reliable, direct CC are her natural counters. Think of things like:

  • Nautilus: right click, hook, night-night.

  • Leona: stun combo that gives her no breathing room.

  • Gragas: knocks her out of position and leaves her stranded.

And if you’re ADC, a pick like Samira can punish her face if she dives in carelessly.

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🔥 Champions to shut her down

Even without live server data, some champions are already doing well against her in the PBE:

Champion Why it works
Ziggs Pokes from Narnia and denies her every CS.
Samira Wins short trades and punishes any overextension.
Nautilus Straight CC that shuts her down. Perfect setup for your ADC.
Gragas Zones, pokes, heals, and tosses her out if she dares to come in.

All of these picks have one thing in common: they don’t let her play her game.


🧠 Play smart and ruin her snowball

Yunara wants to scale fast, win lane, and stomp teamfights. Your job is to stop that. How?

  • Break her level 2 combo.

  • Don’t trade when her Q is stacked.

  • Avoid getting caught by her ult.

  • Use CC, zoning, and long-range poke.

The key? Anticipation. Because once she’s 3 kills in with boots completed… it’s too late to start learning.


🎨 Already hate her or dying to play her?

Whatever your answer is, one thing’s for sure: Yunara will be in all your games starting July 16. So, you better be ready. Study her kit, practice counter champs, and avoid losing rankeds just because “no one knew what she did.”

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🕹️ Ready to win that lane?

Don’t let the hype catch you off guard. Yunara might be the new LoL star, but with the right strategy, you can be the one to crash her party.

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