Braum V Yasuo, a discussion on sheilds.

Final Boss Naut·9/30/2015, 4:26:15 PM·2 votes·307 views

so, i have a decent number of games logged on both Braum Yasuo and i was wanting to know the ins and outs behind the thoughts into both projectile blocking abilities!

for comparison

Braum

  • ability can be re positioned
  • blocks full damage of first projectile from direction the ability is facing
  • all subsequent projectiles from direction ability is facing hit caster for mitigated damage
  • intercepted CC is transferred to caster
  • caster ignores unit collision while active
  • caster gains 10% movement speed while active
  • duration 3 seconds scaling to 4 seconds

Yasuo

  • placed flat 400 distance in target direction
  • flat 3.75 second duration after a .25 second placement time for a total up-time of 4 seconds
  • increasing width from 300-500
  • blocks All projectiles coming from All directions that pass through it {except bugged projectiles} with no damage transferred to caster
  • grants vision in location of placement

now I'm not here to ask for more Nerf to Yasuo , because i think Yasuo is an awesome champ, but I'm curious about a few things in comparison.

  • why is Yasuos starting duration on one of his less defining abilities as a playmaker longer than Braum s main defining ability as a support?
  • why does Yasuo wall size scale, while Braum does not?
  • why does CC that hits Braum's sheild affect him, while CC that hits Yasuo's wall get deleted?
  • why do abilities coming from behind Yasuo's ability get intercepted whilst Braum's do not?
  • why do collision effects such as mundo cleaver/ leona zenith blade effect Braum, while are not triggered on Yasuo's
  • why does Lux sheild get intercepted by Yasuo, but not Braum

all i want is answers, not nerfs, not changes, but answers.

6 Comments

Archon X9/30/2015, 4:29:12 PM3 votes

Braum's defining ability is not his shield, it's his passive.

Agidyne9/30/2015, 4:34:13 PM3 votes

Why are you comparing an Assassin made of Paper with a Support that can literally TANK a whole team aslong as his Unbreakable is up?

Even if you say otherwise, It really does look like a Yasuo QQ thread.

Sincerely, a Diamond Braum main.

Final Boss Naut9/30/2015, 4:30:40 PM1 votes

when i play braum, his passive is his tarading ability, but i dont pick him for his passive. i pick braum because i know no matter how bad the positioning is on my adc, i can keep him alive until i die, 90% of the time with his sheild.

Final Boss Naut9/30/2015, 4:32:52 PM1 votes

lanes may be won with passive proc's. games are won with alive carries.

Final Boss Naut9/30/2015, 4:49:40 PM1 votes

im really not trying to make it sound like that, i honestly am not. i love yasuo, and i was one of the abusers of his power last season "lel 80% winrate" but i feel like it shouldnt be such a long ability, think what they did to Sivir spellsheild, i'm not saying take it that far, but as a squishy, does that give him the right to have a 4 second placed version of it at level 1? "although no good yas is starting W i'm talking 1 point in it." it's probobly the main reason that most people find him cancerous to play against because of its duration at early levels. why doesnt it start at a lower duration like braum's when it would be just as situationally effective at 2 seconds scaling up to 4.

oh, god, you're right this is a QQ thread, shoot me now.