What's up with yasuo's all of a sudden building triforce?

I GANK LANES·Aug 24, 2015·1 votes·2,883 views

literally came out of nowhere i don't get it, every game i see yasuo's go shiv into trinity, even bjerg was doin it today. what gives? i don't get it

14 Comments

Darth GuileAug 24, 20154 votes

infinity edge nerf from way back changed it from 25% to 20%. since Yasuo'spassive doubles crit chance infinity edge plus static shiv combined give 40%, which makes yasuo have a total of 80% crit chance. the triforce makes up for that extra % lost. that 10% on triforce gives yasuo 20% combining to that fabled 100% crit.

also the sheen effect on triforce boosts the next auto attack damage even further making for a much larger critical strike, and much more burst damage

I GANK LANESAug 24, 20151 votes

true, expensive ass build though

Darth GuileAug 24, 20151 votes

all damage is expensive my man but yasuo also does not need last whisper, ever, especially with this build

I GANK LANESAug 24, 20151 votes

that's true, yeah i never built it on him when i played him anyways though. usually shiv bork boots ie 2 def items

JustMyBassCannonAug 24, 20151 votes

And also, Sterak's Gage is now a thing; not only is there a solid AD+Health item, but it actually scales up Trinity's proc because it increases a champion's Base AD by 25% (50% during Rage).

Darth GuileAug 24, 20152 votes

yasuo players wont build this item. the item only boosts base AD not bonus AD so its effectiveness is next to nothing on yasuo. if you want to get a tank item there are much better choices

that item may be pretty good now, but its meant for bruisers and tanks to get an increase in damage for free while buliding tanky

MarthianAug 24, 20151 votes

While sheen's damage boost does help immensely, the bonus damage from it is NOT affected by critical strikes at all.

Wasn't sure if that's what you meant.

KidSpectreAug 24, 20151 votes

Because people finally figured out how powerful procing on-hit effects with Q is.

EskuhmohAug 24, 20154 votes

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I GANK LANESAug 24, 20151 votes

is that the actual reason

MilfHuntUnitXJ9Aug 24, 20151 votes

They watched LC$ big play kids with yasuo and copied dat shit

plus yasuo has almost no cooldown so it works, dash in, smack, dash out, q, dash back in, smack etc

Julij2Aug 24, 20151 votes

Gives health, ms+ms on hit, sheen proc (doesn't stack with crit though) and 100% crit chance on yasou. Combines with shiv ms+ms on hit with trinity it gives you insane ms so you can kite on the outskirts of teamfight until you're ready to go in. And when you do go in you do insane damage due 100% crit chance and sheen procs.