Yone top trades are often decided before contact: stack Q, make tornado threaten first, and only send E + Q3 once the spell that pins your snap-back is already gone—if Q3 misses, leaving is usually the correct hand check
Do not burn half your lane for one extra minion; Yone can afford to give up small bits of farm if it keeps enough health and wave length to make opponents respect where his spirit body will return, and recent data only turns ugly once he falls far enough behind that Q3, E, and ult stop creating hesitation
His best top games keep one side lane answering the same problem—stacked Q, live E, and tower damage in front of them—and the recent top-lane comparison backs that up by showing Yone's wins swing unusually hard with solo pressure and turret follow-through
In top-lane fights, cast R once the shape is already bending, not the moment you first see a target. In lane that usually means after you have forced the spell that stops your return, landed enough pressure that they have to run in a line, or caught them stuck after your Q3 path. In skirmishes and teamfights, look for the seam between the front line and the carries and ult through that line so you stay connected after landing. If you use R just to start from max distance, you often spend your best reposition tool before the fight has actually become good for Yone.
Yone deals magic damage with every second Attack. In addition, his critical strike chance is increased.
Thrusts 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.
Cleaves 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.
Yone'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.
Yone blinks behind the last champion in a line with a slash so powerful it pulls all enemies hit towards him.