It's 2018, can we please finally address the Yasuo problem?

Yenn··4 votes·1,786 views

Everyone has encountered this problem repeatedly: in every single game, Yasuo either feeds or gets insanely fed. There is no middle ground. Whether it's a problem with players who gravitate towards Yasuo or the champion design, it needs to be fixed.

If the problem is Yasuo as a champion, his kit needs to be changed so he doesn't turn into a buffet for the enemy team once he's behind, or some sort of unstoppable force if the game lasts long enough. If the problem is with players who gravitate towards Yasuo just not being good at the game, his kit shouldn't be allowing them to climb without getting better.

Whatever it is, it's extremely unhealthy for the game, especially in ranked play.

i.e. in my last game, I had a Yasuo main with 70% win rate this season, laned against Darius. I counter-ganked for him and we got first blood, then he got ganked and died while I was doing dragon. From this point on, he was near instantly dying every time he entered lane, ending up something like 1-8-0 before he went to another lane.

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TitanAnteus4 votes

First of all, yasuo shouldn't top anymore. He used to have more health, and because of that, he was viable in mid, top and jungle. They nerfed that part of him to disincentivize that playstyle.

Your yasuo lost as soon as he went top where his W does nothing.

I do remember having the selfish yasuo problem though. Where i would get too many kills and starve my teammates. Turns out, the problem was me not yasuo. Yasuo only needs Phantom dancer and the 20% crit cloack item to hit his power spike. Gold wise he doesn't have to be greedy, but it feels like he does since early game yasuo doesn't feel as fun to play as lategame yasuo.

I honestly think there's nothing wrong with the champion as he is right now. People just need to actually adapt to a playstyle that makes sense from all the nerfs he got. Remember, he was banned ALL the time even though he was in a healthy position just because people hate him. His players still haven't gotten the chance to actually get the hang of where his power is.

Zed genius3 votes

: in every single game, Yasuo either feeds or gets insanely fed. There is no middle ground.

And why is this a problem?

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