Why isn't Yasuo a viable bot lane AD carry ?

FioraWillCarry·Jan 16, 2017·4 votes·8,334 views

Played vs Yas a couple times as Quinn and got raped every time. I never knew how completely Yasuo is equipped to counter marksmen. So why isn't he played bot lane more ?

6 Comments

PermabannedGarenJan 16, 20175 votes

Because going bottom lane with a support makes him under-leveled, and an under-leveled Yasuo has even lower base defensive stats than normal for a melee champion. This isn't a problem for ADCs because they are ranged and can rely on their team to protect them, but Yasuo has to get into melee ranged to DPS people. Being one of the lowest leveled people in the game is very dangerous for a melee champion building damage.

Omnistone KarmaJan 16, 20173 votes

Well that's not that hard to answer :)

If you want consistent damage from range, adc is probably your best bet. He might be stronger than Adc's, he also has ( In most cases ) More reliable cc, arguably a better teamfight... But he does not have the damage from range which all adc's have

GeminiRuneJan 16, 20173 votes

His viability is dependent on the support you have. The early game also tends to be a heavy factor as his power spike around level 6 gets held back a few minutes (unless your support is highly roaming). The trade off for having a slower start as Yasuo becomes pretty evident and poses a stronger dependence on your jungler or top laner to pick up for the early game unless you can slip in a kill for yourself.

The Yasuo vs Marksman matchup tends to wind up in favor of the Marksman usually because of just aggression on either side. When solo you sometimes just have to take it. In a 2v2, you need to know when your opportunities come with your comp against theirs.

RequiemsfireJan 16, 20171 votes

The instant the match up ends up going out of Yasuo's favour he loses his ability to farm safely unless the enemy ends up misplaying somewhere along the line. Also champions like Lucian and Vayne with their mobility combined with their damage make it very difficult for Yasuo to engage on them. Then there's the fact that Yasuo being melee is in the botlane makes it much easier to focus him.

Furthermore, any trades Yasuo makes can be interrupted by the jungler which generally does end up in a kill or flash because Yasuo can't reliably disengage from a fight.

LovelleJan 18, 20171 votes

Yasuo counters any ranged champ that's cooldown and rotation/combo-reliant, like Quinn. She also doesn't play anything like a typical marksman.

Never commit to killing him until he uses Wind Wall. The only thing I don't like about him is how he has a better early game than her, while also out-scaling her AND becoming a better teamfighter. It's like, where is the trade-off?

Armored YokaiJan 18, 20171 votes

because people are sheep, they follow the meta or threaten to report if you want to yas bot lane be sure to be mechanically ready and know the kit of your enemy and the best supports for yasuo are Malphite,Blitz,Janna or anything agressive