So Riot trashed another champion (Yasuo) because of #Esports

Report Team GG·11/17/2014, 1:44:32 AM·4 votes·1,504 views

Another case of Riot ruining a champion for 99.9999% of the population so a few players making 100k+ a year dont have to deal with them... Yasuo has never broken 50% win rate. Pro players even acknowledge Yasuo as a situational pick. When the best players in the world can't play a champion like Yasuo so that he's overpowered, then why is he getting nerfed? When Yasuo is only a situational pick for 0.0000001% of the population and you nerf him, somethings wrong

Last I heard Riot was claiming over 30million players.

29,999,900 of those players aren't pro players.

You ruined Yasuo so a few players in their Ivory gaming houses don't have to deal with him anymore. And this isn't the first time you've done it Rito. Remember when you nerfed Ashe because of #esports?

You nerfed a champion that had been underperforming at all elos and skill ranges. Yet a fraction of a percent of the population was the only people you helped.

9 Comments

Marthian11/17/2014, 6:57:04 AM5 votes

Yasuo wasn't just overpowered in esports. He was also extremely strong in lower elos as well.

Win Rates are not indicative of a champion's strengths (Leblanc is a notable example before nerfs. Bad players affect the win rate as much as good players.)

Rustling Bush11/17/2014, 1:48:53 AM2 votes

esports is the reason why champions get nerfed? wait i thought this circle jerk was the other around. MAKE UP YOUR MINDS PEOPLE

Dunderflump11/17/2014, 7:03:21 AM2 votes

Fun fact: the general playerbase being unable to play a champion does not make that champion weak.

Bonus fun fact: Winrate doesn't mean anything.

ScurvyNave11/17/2014, 1:46:59 AM1 votes

Upvoted and totally agree with OP.

Leblancs Boob11/25/2014, 6:52:53 AM1 votes

Yasuo's kit is extremely problematic. He's as overloaded as they come. If he were allowed to be strong, he would need something taken away from his kit. He just has too much

pacifishstick11/25/2014, 6:59:57 AM1 votes

Holy shit OP is angry.