Yasuo: turn stun damage into a Puffcap finish

Keep Yasuo in play, damage enemies through Stun and Recall, and let that damage plant Poison Puffcap traps in the enemy deck. This supplies another route to Nexus damage while you control the board.

The loadout gives up the usual level-up stun and keyword-collection package for starting mana, champion-spell access and traps. The six-star version adds the end-of-round Recall, but the basic damage-to-traps interaction also works before that upgrade. It is a control variation, not a guaranteed immediate mill or one-attack finish.

Yasuo's Windblade

Its Power grants the named champion an extra starting mana and increases the cost of enemies you Recall. More starting mana helps you reach the champion sooner; it doesn't directly draw him or provide a Stun by itself.

Echoing Spirit

Extra champion copies improve access to the engine and supply cheaper champion spells while the bearer remains in play. Those spells can keep the defensive control going, but the relic doesn't guarantee a particular opening hand.

Mischiefmaker's Flute

Gives Spellshield and plants traps equal to damage the bearer deals. The damage can come from his own triggered effect, not only combat. Zero damage or damage prevented entirely won't supply the same trap payoff.

Mulligan for the champion, affordable defense and relevant Stun access. Concussive Palm both Stun a threat and supplies a defender, while Steel Tempest needs an attacking enemy as its target. Don't spend every answer before the champion can benefit unless survival requires it.

Before leveling, his Stun/Recall response deals two damage. Once leveled, it becomes a strike, which can grow through the two-star strike Power. The level-up still needs five actual Stun or Recall; an early champion entry isn't automatically a level-up.

With the separately owned Manaflow node plus the Windblade, the starting mana can reach four. Without that node, plan for the smaller opening. The build's main cards need to match the constellation nodes actually owned, rather than assuming six stars includes every other purchase.

Use the champion spell when an enemy attack needs stopping and when your hand can handle its draw. Repeated damage plants more traps, but they are spread through the enemy deck and only become damage when the relevant cards are drawn. Don't count every planted trap as damage already dealt to the Nexus.

The sixth-star power Recall Stun enemies at Round End. With the champion still present, that provides another relevant control event and can make future enemy Plays more expensive through the Windblade. Some enemies have dangerous replay effects or their own cost rules, so inspect what you are returning instead of treating every Recall as permanent removal.

Spellshield helps against one eligible enemy spell or Skill. It doesn't stop every removal method or make the champion safe to block an arbitrarily large attacker. Keep defending the Nexus while the trap route takes time to resolve.

Favor affordable Stun, useful Recall, mana and champion protection. A draw-heavy hand can overflow, and long fights can exhaust your own deck, so cast for a purpose rather than cycling spells indefinitely.

The Windblade and Flute use their listed Glory Store/bundle sources, while Echoing comes from Gold Reliquaries. This is a three-Epic setup. If you lack the trap relic or need the immediate board Stun, the existing Rare control guide offers a more direct combat window. Frostbite and damage reduction also shrink the damage that would have planted traps.

• What relics do you play on Yasuo?, u/de-herb, 9 Jan 2026; u/Alarmed_Ad7541 and u/No-Try607 give the exact signature/Echoing/Flute trio, with the latter explicitly using six stars. Read 18 Oct 2026.