Why yasuo shouldn't see changes to his passive shield and Wind Wall

Spicy Rice··4 votes·609 views

Copy pasting from a different thread i posted on as I think it should be its own discussion

The way I see it, enjoying playing both as and against Yasuo, his windwall is one part of his kit that probably shouldn't be changed.

He is supposed to be a Melee-ADC, but as such, he is subjected to having to get people into his range in order to pump out his adc style damage.

His allows that to happen, from his minion dashes to his 3rd q + ult. However, along with getting into range, Yasuo is becoming a point blank target for his enemies' CC and damage abilities. Compared to a marksman, Yasuo puts himself in considerably more danger when putting out the full brunt of his damage (as he does have the squishyness of an adc). It is the reason for his 2 most hated/loved abilities, His passive shield, and Windwall

His shield allows him to absorb a bit of damage on his way to his opponent, allowing him to not be at 50-75% facing a 90% hp opponent. This to me makes quite a bit of sense. Compared to his ranged counterparts, Yasuo has to act as his own meatshield. He doesn't get the ability to fully realize his damage while being able to hide behind tanks/bruisers. The shield helps to mitigate what i'll call the "ranged gap" (The safety to damage ratio of ranged carries vs melee ones).

And his Infamous Wind wall is another ability that allows Yasuo to bridge the "ranged gap". People argue that his windwall is "OP" becuase of how it allows him to completely negate projectiles. The way that I see it is that ranged carries are doing the exact same thing, except with less counterplay. There isn't a difference between negating projectiles, and being completely out of range of them in the first place. Yes Yasuo can negate projectiles for 3-4 secs, but ranged champs can completely avoid them in the first place. In fact, I feel that windwall is balanced as it has counterplay. Windwall can be baited, or waited out without busting a syndra ult or the like. Compare this to ranged carries that can just stay out of range (At least Yasuo gets inside your damage range for you).

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YES finally someone else realises that his windwall has counter play

all my bronze teammates call me a noob for saying his windwall has counterplay

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