Yasuo's early game is way too strong

Memeguel420··21 votes·1,541 views

I played Yasuo a couple of times just to get a feel for the champion and see if he really is as OP as the boards make him seem. Yes! He does take skill. If you play him badly you can be punished. That is not the issue. The issue is that his early game harass is extremely strong. Even against ranged champions he does well because he can block their damage with his W or Passive and if they overstep trying to harass him, he can easily dash to them and auto and q them to death. I feel like he should either get his base attack speed nerfed to .65 from .67 or maybe his base movement speed by 5. These aren't huge nerfs that the community is asking for but I feel like they can make his early game more bearable for the opponent but wont hurt his late game after he gets his items. Thought?

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TheFallenShaw2 votes

^ Another person Yasuo poked in the butt Lmfao his butt hurt

Memeguel4208 votes

You didnt even bother to read the post. You just saw Yasuo and typed this comment. I legit just asked for small nerfs that would only hurt his early game by a tiny bit. Instead you proceed to type a comment saying that im salty that I got rekt by Yasuo.

TheFallenShaw2 votes

I did read what you wrote, then glanced at the tape on your ass from Yasuo. Learn to accept people don't always agree with your, Yasuo is actually pretty balanced right now as is. Yes against certin matchups he has an advantage but that's every champion, its player vs player skill that yasuo mains take full advantage of. He can be out played or you can outplay him. His early game lmfao pre 6 hes at his weakest.

Memeguel4202 votes

You legit answer to someone with a different opinion then you with an insult. Quit being a hypocrite.

a very bad nado1 votes

To be honest with you, you're no any different with that sort of attitude.

Regarding the matter at hand though, I wanna start off by saying, Yasuo is pretty much in a okay position right now. The only reason why Riot are looking to rework him sometime soon is because of the encouragement from particular players. People just get upset about the fact that, whenever they're playing a game where they have a Yasuo mirror match-up, they get upset because usually the enemy team has the better Yasuo whereas they have the trashy one. Just because a player is super good at a champion doesn't mean that specific champion is busted or whatever. But no, a lot of people would think otherwise because they simply don't even know how to outplay/play against a Yasuo.

I'm not defending that champion because I'm a Yasuo main. I'm just telling you how it is.

Just like every other champion, Yasuo has counters too. I've honestly lost count as to how many times I've said this to people (especially Yasuo haters). Champions counters include the following; Rammus Irelia Trundle Poppy Vladimir Warwick. Item counters include the following; item 3143 item 3068 item 3025 item 3075 item 3047 and I'm pretty sure item 3157 as well.

Legit, a Bronze 5 player could play over 1000 ranked games on Yasuo and still not be able to climb out. That's just the player. But then you also have well-known Diamond 1 one-trick Yasuo players such as Moe (otherwise known as Yassuo) who usually get really good KDAs but usually just don't get a victory at the end. So just because you get a good KDA on a champion like Yasuo but you don't get a victory at the end, yknow, you just need to get better on that champion and improve your mechanics. It doesn't mean that Yasuo is busted or anything.

If Yasuo was LEGITIMATELY busted, his winrate if anything would be a concern but it isn't.

Last but not least, I don't know if it's the fact that you had a really lucky game with Yasuo since it was your "first" game with him that made you feel Yasuo is completely strong or whatever OR the fact that you genuinely hate Yasuo and you just made up this scenario so that you could beg for unnecessary nerfs because of your hatred towards that champion. I don't know. All I'm just saying is, you are of course entitled to have an opinion and such so, however, rather than just assuming a champion is completely strong in whatever part of a game (whether it's the laning phase or whatever) without being able to provide any solid evidence or statistics or even anything along those lines, just try and play more games with Yasuo and see if you can pick up some more pros and cons of Yasuo to back up your statement. Because if you're just going to base a statement off of one lucky game, some people will just casually disagree with you and think otherwise. It is up to you to prove them wrong honestly.

SithesisLord2 votes

And then you are swiftly reminded of his level 2 powerspike, and sometimes, level 3 powerspike against almost the entire mid and top lane rosters.

If he is balanced, then Riot would not be looking to change him.

And no he cannot be outplayed. By other people, that is. He can outplay himself. Yasuo is the champion whose lane and game is his to lose, not yours to win.

Incarceration1 votes

Yes, you can outplay him.

Ahri Fiora Azir AurelionSol Anivia Cassiopeia Caitlyn Ekko Draven Gangplank Irelia Poppy , etc. These champions can easily outplay him using their kit, and just outperfoming him.

Vanic9982 votes

Yasuo is balanced.

BeatzBoyFTW4 votes

Yasuo is balanced.

Should've posted this in Memes & Games thread.

a very bad nado1 votes

Says the season 6 Silver, I believe?

BeatzBoyFTW2 votes

S6 Platinum in my other account to be precise.

Ever paid any attention to OP.GG about my last played game in this account?

a very bad nado2 votes

Lmao don't even try to pull the "Oh I'm Platinum on my other account, I'm such of high elo(!)" card. Legit, that's like Silver players thinking they're different to Bronze players. On top of that, you being one of those players who think they belong in Diamond when they're Platinum is another story.

And no, I don't bother stalking random players OP.GG profiles just to see when their last game was if they have nothing but a huge ego at hand. Thank you for the offer though.

BeatzBoyFTW2 votes

I'm not making it up if that's what you think:

http://imgur.com/1U0ZTuT

I just stopped playing this & changed server due to the increased ping after the Chicago server relocation.


Something tells me that your comment looks nothing more than a desperation excuse to "get back at me", cz you almost make no sense at all.

a very bad nado1 votes

I wasn't saying you were "making it up". I was typically saying, in simple English, Platinum is nothing. People would think it is high elo if they're of LOW elo but, I was legit watching a friend of mine stream yesterday who mains ADC and at the time, he was Plat 1. Now he's probably in low Diamond or whatever but, even he said, Plat 1 is legit nothing.

And that's great to know.

BeatzBoyFTW1 votes

Yep, you're really in a very desperate state to find a random excuse to "get back at me" after all. I appreciate if you can just not reply at all so that I don't have to bother reading this nonsense.

Additionally, weren't YOU the one who started this whole elo fiesta? All I did was correct you on what elo I am, and you're already attacking me with this talk about me having a "huge ego". It's like you're looking for a fight on purpose or something.

a very bad nado1 votes

Why on Earth would I waste my own time to "get back at you"..? What's there to get back at? Plus, if YOU'RE the one who's desperate to not have this sort of conversation any more, why don't you just go ahead and leave this conversation? I'm not going anywhere, I'm just casually looking at threads on the forums. You're the one who keeps having a reply to everything.

Moreover, I didn't start anything. You were the one who was making fun of another player's comment about this thread. All they said was "Yasuo is balanced" and you said directly to them, "Should've posted this in Memes & Games thread". Maybe you do have some brains after all for correcting me on what elo you are but you were the one who started an attack first on another player.

On top of that, I'm not here to "look for a fight on purpose" or whatever. I'm just here to read some of the comments about this thread because I'm interested and I'd like to make some of my own comments. There wouldn't even be a point to look for a fight with someone like you because talking to you is like explaining color to a blind person. That's literally how it is.

BeatzBoyFTW1 votes

If a Rioter states that Yasuo will still be looked for incoming nerfs or tweaks, you know Yasuo is not in a very balanced state. So technically, it's easy to tell if comments like his can be a joke.

Of course, people are free to argue back on how he's balanced or not, but according to your logic, better elo shame him, that'll help shape things up.

On top of that, I'm not here to "look for a fight on purpose" or whatever. I'm just here to read some of the comments about this thread because I'm interested and I'd like to make some of my own comments. There wouldn't even be a point to look for a fight with someone like you because talking to you is like explaining color to a blind person. That's literally how it is.

"Should be put into M&G threads" "I'm S6 Plat on other account, just to correct you"

Boom, then you type this shit:

Lmao don't even try to pull the "Oh I'm Platinum on my other account, I'm such of high elo(!)" card. Legit, that's like Silver players thinking they're different to Bronze players. On top of that, you being one of those players who think they belong in Diamond when they're Platinum is another story.

Some attitude of you assuming people's behavior after judging from tiny petty comments like mine.

a very bad nado1 votes

This is all coming from a 12 year old kid who thinks Platinum is the best elo out there.

And to think people on reddit say the most dumbest of things, people like you are no different on here.

Look who's also attacking now. Look who's trying to "look for a fight on purpose" now.

You're just a toxic player who has nothing better to do other than attack people with sarcastic and negative comments just because you don't agree with them. The more sensible and logical thing you could've done is say something like, "I understand where you're coming from but I disagree" or something along those lines. Not make a sarcastic, immature remark such as, "Should've posted under Memes & Games thread".

Your comments towards other people as well as myself weren't "tiny" or "petty". You yourself purposely came here to try and instigate something.

First you try and suggest I should leave this thread when I'm actually interested in other people's opinions yet you're still here because you just wanna keep being toxic.

a very bad nado1 votes

If you feel Yasuo isn't in a balanced position, that's just your perspective. But don't try and hold back other people's opinions, telling them what's right and what's wrong. This isn't your thread nor is it your forum.

I know after reading this, you're definitely gonna say something like, "Oh, I'm not saying it's my thread or my forum" but you're just genuinely acting as if it is your thread/forum.

BeatzBoyFTW1 votes

Find me a comment of me stating "Platinum is the best". I'm was only correcting it in the first place, and you're already bashing me about me having a "huge ego".

You're just a toxic player who has nothing better to do other than attack people with sarcastic and negative comments just because you don't agree with them. The more sensible and logical thing you could've done is say something like, "I understand where you're coming from but I disagree" or something along those lines. Not make a sarcastic, immature remark such as, "Should've posted under Memes & Games thread".

Looks like the most outrageous thing I've ever read in my life. You're just really sensitive when it comes to jokes like this, huh.

First you try and suggest I should leave this thread when I'm actually interested in other people's opinions yet you're still here because you just wanna keep being toxic.

Aaaaaaaaaaand you came back to reply my comment 2 hours later for some reason. I'll keep commenting if I wanted to. Plus, if I did said something along what you said, I would be receiving 10 downvotes by now. Like I said, you're just sensitive.

a very bad nado1 votes

I'd rather be sensitive than an unreformed toxic player :')

It's like talking to a brick wall XD

BeatzBoyFTW1 votes

A brick wall who feeds on the tears of Yasuo mains QQ'ing about his incoming nerfs/tweaks, just like yours after your 1st comment.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/memes/duB7AMst-my-reaction-to-the-whole-lee-sin-yasuo-nerf-hype

[slayer-jinx-wink]

a very bad nado1 votes

And you say I'm the one who's "desperate" to look for "get back at you" excuses.

If anything, you're one of those people who excel at specifically just having huge amounts of pride and ego when it comes to online forums such as this one, despite not even having logical knowledge about certain champions. I simply came here to discuss the strengths and weaknesses about Yasuo but you came here to obviously try and point out that your opinion's are much better than everyone else's so you resort to try and insult people for just personal gain. Quite immature if I do say so myself.

"I'm going to blacklist you" doesn't do anything waits for a reply to try and instigate something

In addition, I'm not even a Yasuo main. To simply even assume that I am, just because I discuss the simple strengths and weakness about that champion, you literally have no argument there. Just another typical Yasuo-hater as always.

No wait, hold on. Just a typical Yasuo-hating bad player who doesn't even know how to play around/against a Yasuo so tries arguing that Yasuo isn't "balanced" when typically, just like every other champion, he too as his own counters.

It's just a waste of my time stressing this to players who just don't want to understand, such as yourself.

a very bad nado1 votes

"Your comment looks nothing more than a desperation excuse to "get back at me", cz you make no sense at all."

Right lmao..

says the kid who edited that same comment just to write that at the end.

I might as well go fetch me some popcorn right now.

BeatzBoyFTW2 votes

No shit Sherlock, that's why I added this line:


a very bad nado1 votes

And you wonder why you keep getting banned, tsk tsk.

BeatzBoyFTW2 votes

Never stated I was banned. Again, you're either dumb or just straight up trolling. Like how is a last editing has any relevance to me being "banned".

Just going to have to blacklist you since your responses were just pure nonsense & laughable. Try growing up.

a very bad nado1 votes

Good boy! Finally, you're growing some brains. You finally decide to blacklist me now.

If anything, I am grown up, LOL. You just can't help throwing your toys out the pram.

It's okay. Maybe when you learn to respect others for once, you'll get somewhere in life. In fact, you'll actually start learning how to climb yourself rather than just constantly keep paying people to boost you :')

"BeatzBoyFTW" - Just your average 12 year old toxic kid who thinks they have the mentality of a Challenger Tier player. Now that should become a meme :)

Vanic9982 votes

I main a champion that is countered by Yasuo and I still find Yasuo balanced. I think riot is just looking into changes because he's unfun to play against. Statistically he's balanced.

a very bad nado1 votes

Only Yasuo haters would just disagree.

a very bad nado1 votes

I agree.

5050BS2 votes

He has WAY to good of CS and Clear at lvl 2

He is just good all game. Very bad design but its riot they cant design anything good

McFatal1 votes

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Memeguel4203 votes

Counterpick =/= counterplay Pretty design tho.

GULAG 4 U1 votes

His early game is too strong because of the nature of his kit honestly, making his Q draw minion aggro all the time and lowering level 1 health and as should be fine

Incarceration1 votes

Just reduce his base damage and make a passive scale his damage by attack speed. That would be cool. Like Yasuos that get 29% attack speed from runes get 63 ad, but this proposed idea could give him like 60 AD.

Rusty Justy 71 votes

Revert the buff from like a year ago to his crit passive. And suddenly hes not nearly as powerful early game.

Was fine at 20%. No idea why they would change that.

a very bad nado1 votes

Wait, what did he have before?

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