Yasuo Flow Rework ideas
As of now, Yasuo gets his shield by just moving around or dashing. Unlike other champions with shields, Yasuo's shield remains on him until he is damaged in some way. Historically, it's made certain match ups not very fun in the laning phase and it's just not a healthy ability which is why Riot has nerfed it a lot in the past. A shield that can only go away if attacked is just breaking Riot's whole philosophy of counter play and it needs to change.
My solution to make his shield easier for Riot to balance without breaking his legs is to make it so Yasuo has to use his abilities to get his flow shield and the shield is only up for a short duration.
Yasuo's Old Passive: RESOLVE: Yasuo generates 1% of his maximum Flow for every 59 / 52 / 46 units he travels by any means, requiring a total of 5900 / 5200 / 4600 units travelled to obtain maximum Flow. At maximum Flow, the next instance of champion or monster damage against Yasuo consumes all of his Flow and shields him for 100 - 510 (based on level) damage for up to 1 second.
Suggested Yasuo's New Passive: Resolve: Yasuo generates 25% of his FLOW upon landing Steel Tempest/Gathering Storm on an ENEMY CHAMPION and 12.5% on ENEMY MINIONS. Upon reaching 100% FLOW, Yasuo gains a shield(random values lvl 1-18) that will block champion or monster damage for 6 seconds.
To sum it up, I made this thread because I main Yasuo and want to see certain changes to his kit to make him healthier but without Riot breaking his legs. This Flow Rework will encourage Yasuo players to build attack speed so he can get his shield up faster while at the same time making his shield much more interactive and conditional so that Yasuo has to fight for longer periods in order to get his shield
Edit: Knowing the balance boards usually doesn't care about this stuff and just wants certain champions gutted instead of changed, this will probably get downvoted to hell but I'm just putting my thoughts in this thread in case I want to revisit it for when Riot plans to change Yasuo in certain ways.
