Yasuo is possibly the easiest champion in the game.
Yasuo - the bane of my existence. An intro some may see and chalk this down to pure anger at the game, but this has been brewing in me since I started playing this game. Yasuo is probably one of the easiest champions in the entire game. Let's explore why; My issue is with his Wind Wall and his passive shield. There are, to my knowledge, only two champions in the entire game that has an ability that blocks all projectiles. One of these, of course, is Yasuo. The other is Braum. Let's look at why Braum would want Yasuo to be balanced a bit. Yasuo's Wind Wall is a fairly wide, placed down wall that blocks all projectiles. He, of course, pays nothing for this; without mana, Yasuo's only limit on how many Wind Walls he can place is how low his cooldowns are. When the wall is struck, Yasuo has no punishment. It's free invulnerability. Braum, on the other hand, has Unbreakable. While it is mobile, a clear advantage, Braum takes some of the damage from it, takes the on-hit effects, and has a mana cost. While Yasuo's Wind Wall is immobile, he literally has a better defensive shield than a support character designed entirely around the concept of a burly man with a giant door for a shield. That seems to be a little bit of an issue, at least to me. Either make Braum a little stronger by making Unbreakable have Wind Wall's qualities, or nerf Wind Wall. Further augmenting Yasuo's defensive powers, especially in lane, is his passive shield. With most champions, any attack that is not blocked by Wind Wall, despite its decent cooldown time, will be blocked mostly by his shield. It's one thing to have a Jax that can block auto attacks, because he has to pay for that, along with the fact that auto attacks cost nothing, but, if playing a projectile reliant character, using an ability and having it blocked by Wind Wall is literally throwing mana down the drain, with no cost to Yasuo. My solution to this is two-pronged; first off, remove his passive shield. Past laning phase, it isn't useful, but in lane, it makes him basically invulnerable to pokes, and therefore makes harass something you simply cannot do. To take it's place, Yasuo gets his very own, bright and shiny, MANA BAR. The reason I'm fine with Jax's Counter Strike is because it is mana intensive. Jax blocks a lot of damage, but he pays for it. If Yasuo paid for it too, it would be balanced. I'm fine with my skillshots being blocked by an invulnerable wall - so long as he has some kind of cost to himself. Mana solves this issue. Will Yasuo players be mad? Undoubtedly. Will Yasuo become more balanced if he can't haphazardly spam his abilities? Certainly. Will he still be able to laugh at Braum? No. He's actually going to have a reason to stand behind Braum. Rito, I ask you, please, give Yasuo a mana bar. It will fix literally every issue I see in his kit. An easy, guaranteed critical ult? At least he can run out of mana. One of the most spammable dodges in the game? At least he has to pay for it. Rito, plz. Stop this. For Braum.
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