This is why you should have just left Yasuo untouched
inb4 "No they should have gutted him" people.
This whole "pulling him away from the generalist crowd" by making him stonger against ranged and weaker against melee is asanine. Why?
Because it was the ranged players that were bitching the most already. They're the ones that whine about seeing Yasuo in their nightmares every night. There was absolutely no reason to make him stronger against ranged match ups.
And not only that, but the changes also buff his mid-late game since his shield changes break even with live at lvl 10; his mid to late game is already as strong as it is.
Riot, I'm a Yasuo main, I get off on all the whining done on the boards, but even I can see that this move is stupid.
PS. I'd type more but I'm still sleepy.
even less relevant in meta. he also really doesnt need that passive shield, but whatever riot is giving shields to a ton of melee champions now.