Next time you decide to nerf Yasuo

HateDaddy··7 votes·553 views

Don't nerf him for being good against ranged champions. That's what he does and while mage players get mad that he's 1 of 2 melees they can't click on and automatically win, yasuo is well balanced around mid lane.

But even still as of now, Yasuo is still having success in top lane and I'm not sure where I stand on that. Maybe it's keystones, maybe it's items like PD giving damage reduction, I don't really know but bruisers typically should stop yasuo and many of them used to. But now it feels like he stands on top of minions and AA, kites back slightly and Q's and many melee champions actually have a hard time dealing with this because he has 175 range. If you look at counters for yasuo, almost every 175 AA range melee (tank or bruiser) does well against yasuo (aside from renekton). Considering his cooldowns are on existent, should he really have 175 range? I don't think so honestly

This would go a long way in balancing him out in melees vs melees and prevent him from being a lane bully that can stand on minions and AA+Q you and out trade you. I don't think he's OP but I do think he is probably performing too well in top lane and he's supposed to be weak to bruisers and he's really not. This doesn't kill top lane Yasuo but it cuts down some of power vs melees tremendously. And I don't think that's bad.

Tl;dr give Yasuo 125 range on his AAs.

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PermabannedGaren2 votes

Alternatively, we could not nerf a champion who isn't too strong top lane just because you arbitrarily decided he should be weak to bruisers.

HateDaddy3 votes

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Alternatively, we could not nerf a champion who isn't too strong top lane just because you arbitrarily decided he should be weak to bruisers.

Then what does yasuo lose to except Malphite? Because there is a certain point where yasuo is generally too good/too safe. I don't think he's a problem right now but I do find it strange he performs better in top than he does mid.

PermabannedGaren1 votes

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Then what does yasuo lose to except Malphite? Because there is a certain point where yasuo is generally too good/too safe. I don't think he's a problem right now but I do find it strange he performs better in top than he does mid.

Riven, Darius, Gangplank (kind of, it's more accurate to say that like everyone else Yas can't shut down GP), Poppy, a theoretical Rammus top, Pantheon I'd imagine, Irelia, Akali (her level six power spike is strong enough to kill Yasuo easily, even though her pre six is garbage), Renekton, etc. When Nautilus top becomes good again he will also dunk on Yasuo, as he did.

All these champions save Gangplank and Akali have one thing in common: they can make Yasuo stop moving, if only briefly.

It's champions like Olaf, Mundo, or Illaoi that have issues with him. Immobile fatasses who can't stop him from trading freely.

Calabok1 votes

Down vote bait.

Big Lincoln1 votes

who's the other melee though

Salron1 votes

Didn't you once say we should normalize melee attack range to 175 because of how shitty it feels to play against someone with 175 range when yours is lower? Honestly this is one of the worst ways to nerf him

HateDaddy2 votes

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Didn't you once say we should normalize melee attack range to 175 because of how shitty it feels to play against someone with 175 range when yours is lower? Honestly this is one of the worst ways to nerf him

Because if riot isn't going to buff melee range to 175 (which they aren't), and if yasuo continues to be a problem (I'm not saying he is, just speculating if he is a problem), this might be a good solution.

Shadowfang TC 1 votes

Psst... Renekton ruins Yasuo. As do most top laners. Why is there so much salt against Yasuo? His counters list is quite extensive. For the most part Top Yasuo works well because he brings teleport and itemizes for safe laning. Just a single TP into an unsuspecting bot lane, and boom you have a double. I prefer playing mid myself.

WoonStruck1 votes

Watch out, both mage circle-jerk and yasuo mains are gun git u.

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