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Yasuo NEEDS a nerf!

Zachawyy·4/11/2016, 11:37:06 PM·21 votes·6,752 views

Alright so you guys can already tell what this thread is going to be about, just from reading the title. Yasuo essentially NEEDS a nerf. I'm not even, you know, joking about this or anything but, in the current meta, Yasuo is mainly strong in the top lane. Not the mid lane, not as ADC but in the top lane. Now you guys are probably wondering how and whatnot but, let me explain. Earlier on today, I was playing a Blind Pick Normal as Nasus and I went up against a Yasuo. Now essentially, you would think Nasus would legitimately just destroy Yasuo after getting what, 300 stacks in 10 minutes? Well, that didn't happen this time. What did happen was that, first of all, the server was just genuinely lagging so hard for me. It wasn't my internet or anything that was playing up, no, it was literally the server just going so slow like, whenever I was about to last hit a minion with my Q in my base, the Q just wouldn't activate. Like, I don't know, the game was just lagging so hard for me and not only that but, going back to what I was saying about how Nasus can easily destroy Yasuo, well, this Yasuo literally just kept E'ing non stop and tried to even 1v1 me near my own turret. You know, I kept auto-attacking him to proc my passive which would give me lifesteal, I W'ed him for the slow and I even ulted so that I could stay alive and not die but, this Yasuo was still able to absolutely delete me even though I had a ton of armor. So I mean honestly, Yasuo really does need a nerf. He's just so darn strong in the current meta in the top lane. Because I mean look at this way, champions such as Zed and whatnot got some pretty hard nerfs because they too were so darn strong but not only that, Yasuo hasn't even had a nerf for a very long time. I mean I'm not saying he should get nerfed so hard that you know, Yasuo players should just stop playing him and stuff, no, I'm saying some of his abilities should just have a slight nerf made to them. Something like his E having a slightly increased cooldown or his ult doing a bit less damage. I don't know, I just honestly thing Yasuo needs to get nerfed a bit and just balanced out so that he doesn't remain absolutely overpowered in the top lane or even in the mid lane. But that's about it guys, thank you ever so much for taking the time to read this thread, it honestly means a lot.

55 Comments

Madra4/12/2016, 12:05:39 AM4 votes

If I was in charge of new champions at Riot, and one of my underlings came to me with a champion proposal that included "Doubled Crit Chance" I would have fired him on the spot. Oh, but his passive includes a shield, too! 15 seconds of bonus armor penetration? What buff in LoL lasts 15 seconds? The concept is just nauseating. Yasuo's kit is way too stacked; and everybody knows it.

ChaddyFantome4/11/2016, 11:40:40 PM4 votes

Yasuo doesn't need a nerf. Nerfing Yasuo will not fix his problems. it will only discourage people from playing him.

ChaddyFantome4/12/2016, 12:48:04 AM3 votes

Listen dude. Yasuo is one of my most despised champs. I hate him more than sin. he is bullshit. The epitome Of League's growing progression issues in terms of game additions wrapped into one abomination.

But no. Again, Yasuo doesn't need nerfs. They won't fix what is fundamentally wrong with him. All it will do is make him virtually unplayable. Despite still being the cancer that he is, he is actually pretty UP right now. Yasuo is inherently cancer from a design standpoint. Stat changes won't fix this.

fifik33310/7/2016, 7:53:15 AM2 votes

Yasuo needs nerf quickly. It can discourage players, because yasuo is noobest champ for me. U need just E Q and you can be death. If youre not dead, u can ulti and youre dead 100%. And his passive is great **** too.

archerno14/11/2016, 11:44:07 PM2 votes

Yasuo needs buff not nerf.... Maybe increase damage of his ulti and make his shield stronger. Right now he just get beasted by everyone.

Elite4Runner4/11/2016, 11:55:12 PM2 votes

Actually, I wont say that I disagree with you, but I will say that I don't agree with your match up. Nasus's scales much slower than Yasuo, and he requires the ability to get in close, keep an enemy close, and deal a combination of DOT and land his massive Qs. Otherwise he is designed to absorb damage and heal himself with his lifesteal. Yasuo is all about mobility and damage output. He scales up much faster with his passive granting double critical strike chance. Tossing in attack speed, effective. Crit and raw damage, effective, Or not focusing on critical strike at all and going for damage and armor pen, effective. Basically, he dumps all over Nasus because, .. he is designed to.

GULAG 4 U11/25/2016, 10:17:13 PM1 votes

So you got shit on in one game of blind pick and therefore Yasuo is oP?

Bullshit.

SSrikeShadow11/25/2016, 10:31:34 PM1 votes

He needs a nerf at least to his laning phase. His dash needs a higher cdr, his windwall needs to be nerfed, or his passive shield needs to be a lot weaker. Perhaps just make him use mana so he can't spam his abilities so often w/o cost. In lane his dash is cancer and in teamfights his windwall is cancer. He's good in both and one needs to be nerfed.

Hide upon Q6/4/2017, 3:59:35 PM1 votes

Oh My God Yasuo makes me go insane! He is so bullcrap. I can't poke becasue of his passive, I have to back off when he has his tornado, and when he lands his tornado while I am under turret and he is in the middle of the lane he just ZOOOOOMS into my turret and one shots me and takes no turrets damage because he just uses his E to get out fast. I cant land a good skill shot because he just uses his E every single god damn time.

AR URF6/4/2017, 4:14:52 PM1 votes

Looking at your match history it seems like that. You're getting smashed because you're playing adc, which is the squishiest role can play Even mid mages will build some hp.