How to Play Yunara: Abilities, Runes, Items, and Laning Strategy for Season 25

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Yunara was originally released in Patch 25.14. Although playing her in game is the best way to learn, having a clear overview of her abilities and playstyle beforehand makes the process much easier and far more effective.

In this guide, we will break down Yunara’s abilities, recommended runes and items, and lane strategies in a simple way that even beginners can follow.

(1) Yunara’s Abilities

1-1. Passive

Innate:
Yunara's critical strikes deal 10 percent bonus magic damage, plus an additional 10 percent per 100 ability power.

• She deals bonus magic damage whenever she lands a critical strike.
• This makes her synergize extremely well with critical strike items, and she scales into a powerful late game carry.
  
  

1-2. Q

Passive:
Yunara's basic attacks deal bonus magic damage on-hit. While this ability is inactive, her basic attacks generate stacks of Unleash for six seconds, increased to two stacks when attacking enemy champions. The stacks refresh on subsequent attacks, can stack up to eight times, and decay one at a time every 0.5 seconds once their duration ends.

Bonus Magic Damage:
5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+ 20 percent AP)

Active:
Yunara unleashes for five seconds, gaining bonus attack speed, dealing additional bonus magic damage on-hit, and enhancing her basic attacks so that their projectiles travel faster, have 40 percent reduced windup time, and spread to nearby enemies, dealing 30 percent AD as physical damage.

Each spread attack applies lifesteal and on-hit effects (30 percent for on-hit damage) and can critically strike if the original attack crits. Spread attacks deal 250 percent damage to minions below 30 percent maximum health.

1-3. W

Yunara launches a spinning prayer bead in the target direction, briefly granting sight as it travels. When it hits an enemy, it slows dramatically and refreshes its duration, lingering for up to 1.5 seconds. Upon reaching maximum range, it expands and lingers for an additional second. The initial hit deals magic damage and applies a 99 percent slow that decays over 1.5 seconds. While lingering, the bead deals magic damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds.

• It slows the target and causes the projectile to slow down on hit, similar to Ekko’s Q.
  
  

1-4. E

Yunara becomes ghosted and gains bonus movement speed that decays over a few seconds. The movement speed is 50 percent more effective while moving toward a nearby visible enemy champion.

• She becomes ghosted and gains increased movement speed.
• Like Vayne, she moves faster when approaching an enemy champion.
  
  

1-5. R

Active:
Yunara enters Transcendent State for 15 seconds, during which each of her basic abilities is empowered:

Q: Automatically becomes active at no cost, and its duration matches the duration of Transcendent State.

W: Upgraded into Arc of Ruin, which has no cost and has its remaining cooldown reduced by 80 percent upon both entering and exiting the state.

E: Upgraded into Untouchable Shadow, which has no cost and has its cooldown reset upon both entering and exiting the state.

• Q remains active continuously during the state.
• W becomes a larger projectile, similar to Lux’s ultimate.
• E changes from a movement speed buff into a dash ability.
  
  

(2) Runes for Yunara

2-1. Lethal Tempo

• Yunara deals bonus magic damage on her basic attacks.
• Since she is a marksman who relies heavily on critical strike auto attacks, this rune is extremely efficient for her.
  
  

2-2. Press the Attack

• This can be a viable option when your team lacks a tank or when the enemy composition makes extended trades difficult, such as against assassins or poke-heavy champions.
  
  

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(3) Yunara’s Items

Yunara’s passive scales with critical strikes, so building primarily around critical strike items is the most effective approach.

3-1. Yun Tal Wildarrows

This is her most reliable core item. It provides critical strike chance, attack speed, and attack damage, all of which are essential for Yunara.

3-2. Runaan’s Hurricane

This item synergizes well with her Q ability’s area damage. It performs especially well in extended team fights, but its overall value can drop against assassin-heavy or poke-heavy compositions.

3-3. Phantom Dancer

Phantom Dancer was buffed in Patch 25.14, and its movement speed and attack speed stats complement Yunara’s playstyle very well.

3-4. The Collector

This item is useful when consistent auto attacking is difficult, giving her more ways to secure kills and turn fights.

3-5. Infinity Edge

As a third item, Infinity Edge greatly enhances the value of Yunara’s passive and maximizes her damage output.

(4) Laning Phase with Yunara

Yunara’s identity revolves around her passive and her level 6 ultimate.

Because her passive becomes stronger as she builds more critical strike items, she is relatively weak during the early laning phase. Her basic attack range is 575, which is slightly longer than the standard marksman average of 550, but her trading pattern has several conditions attached to it.

• Her Q ability requires eight stacks to activate, so it must be prepared in advance.
• Her E only grants movement speed, and it can be used as a mobility tool only while her ultimate is active.

Due to these limitations, it is generally best to focus on farming safely during the lane phase. If you see an opportunity for a kill, make sure to consider your Q stacks, whether your ultimate is available, and whether your W can reliably hit before committing to a fight.

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