Pantheon vs Yone TOP Matchup Guide

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Pantheon into Yonemedium

Overview

Use Pantheon's early burst and point-and-click stun to deny Yone free farm and scaling.
Your goal is to snowball early lane dominance into map pressure with empowered trades.
Exploit Yone's reliance on cooldowns by forcing trades before he can safely engage or disengage.

Respect Yone's knockup and snapback as his main all-in tool; avoid extended trades when available.
Avoid trading immediately after using since your engage becomes predictable and punishable.
Do not trade when is down as Yone's retaliation damage sticks harder then.

Aggressively trade at level 2-3 using stun plus empowered to build a health lead.
Keep the wave on your side to punish Yone's attempts to use for trades.
Avoid using before Yone commits damage to block his retaliation effectively.

Level 2-3 is your strongest window: empowered , , and enable dominant trades.
Level 6 unlocks for wave crash and cross-map pressure to extend your lead.
Respect Yone's level 3 combo and first attack speed item spike by playing around their cooldowns and wave state.

Snowball early with empowered trades and stun to deny Yone safe scaling.
Crash waves before using to roam and create cross-map pressure.
Punish Yone's cooldowns, especially , to maintain lane dominance and force him behind before he scales.

Tactical tip

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