"Yasuo is overpowered and takes no skill to play, just wind wall in a random direction blahblahblah"

TeemoXNidalee·Dec 5, 2015·4 votes·1,075 views

That's why he has 46% winrate: http://champion.gg/champion/Yasuo/Middle

"His pick rate is high that is why his winrate is low": http://champion.gg/statistics/#?roleSort=&sortBy=general.playPercent&order=descend

There are 14 champions that are more popular than Yasuo, they all have a considerably higher win rate.

He was only good when the bloodlust mastery worked on creeps, now he is a struggling melee hero with flashy animations that makes noobs think he is OP.

11 Comments

You want my nameDec 5, 20153 votes

yeah i think thats exactly right. its like when you first start playing and think master yi or teemo is like the god of league. I used to think yasuo was just like that but i havent in a long time. Its not hard to counterplay him. I wont lie a really good yasuo can be very problematic but a lot of yasuo players arent near that good. also i wouldnt say he takes no skill. to be good with him he does. it always funny seeing someone playing kat say yasuo is op and takes no skill. Then the kat uses her combo QWERWEQRWERQWRWER

DrNovaDec 6, 20152 votes

Kat takes skill, just not mechanical skill.

Her skill lies more in the desicion making portion of the game. Its easy to suck with kat even with her easy skillset because you need to know when and who to jump on, and have to pay attention to CC cooldowns which wreck her.

MasterSomethingDec 5, 20152 votes

No, I think the issue people have is the fact that he has double crit chance, and therefore can hit 100% chance with 2 items. Don't forget runes and masteries, you can have it in 1 item if you please. He's not too overpowered, but he does need a little tap with the nerf bat. Champions with no mana costs or special energy bars are notoriously hard to balance for a reason. Especially with such a mobile champ.

Also, win rate is a poor measure of over powered-ness.

TeemoXNidaleeDec 5, 20151 votes

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No, I think the issue people have is the fact that he has double crit chance, and therefore can hit 100% chance with 2 items. Don't forget runes and masteries, you can have it in 1 item if you please. He's not too overpowered, but he does need a little tap with the nerf bat. Champions with no mana costs or special energy bars are notoriously hard to balance for a reason. Especially with such a mobile champ.

Also, win rate is a poor measure of over powered-ness.

The average adc gets 80% crit chance (IE + Shiv + Firecannon/PD). Their average damage is increased to 2.2x while Yasuo's to 2.25x (he deals 10% less critical damage), no significant difference.

Yasuo (mid lane) is also ranked #125 on overall game impact by champion.gg (measured by many other variables in addition to winrate)

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.overallPosition&order=ascend

He may be frustrating to play against as a full skill shot champion, but many other champions are frustrating in different aspects. That's not a reason to nerf him.

MasterSomethingDec 5, 20151 votes

You notice I said a little tap with a nerf bat, right? Not something huge, I'm talking something about like -10% crit damage to help make his early game easier to fight against when he goes all in. Also, I don't use champion.gg or op.gg simply because they are really... not accurate. Play rate and ban rate, with win rate? Yea, they have those right, but they don't account for player skill on a champion. Also, his Wind Wall is easy as hell to bait. I don't find him frustrating to play against unless I get camped in my lane, and that's frustrating for all. Just wish good Yasuo players would let me hit them without their shield up.

BronzoidDec 5, 20151 votes

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No, I think the issue people have is the fact that he has double crit chance, and therefore can hit 100% chance with 2 items. Don't forget runes and masteries, you can have it in 1 item if you please. He's not too overpowered, but he does need a little tap with the nerf bat. Champions with no mana costs or special energy bars are notoriously hard to balance for a reason. Especially with such a mobile champ.

Also, win rate is a poor measure of over powered-ness.

It's a poor measure when pick rate is low. When pick rate is high it's a good measure.

Dominick DestineDec 5, 20152 votes

ITT: A silver level player makes a terrible argument that has been refuted time and time again.

HopFroggerDec 5, 20152 votes

Hey man, can you make some productive posts, not just aggressive ones? Your posting history is very unproductive.

zacktootallDec 5, 20151 votes

but the skill cap is higher then you think unless you started league with him then well gg but i found it hard to play him at first, that said he is still broken to all hell