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Yasuo balance idea

Sicarius Æternum·11/26/2015, 10:31:04 PM·2 votes·455 views

Just an idea I got when I was looking around the boards, and all the Yasuo threads could go to the moon and back. So, just to be clear, I don't hate Yasuo, but I can see why he could be pretty strong right now. He gets 100% crit with 2 items, so that lets him build a lot of AD and 1 shot people. Along with a less than 1 second dash and a wall that blocks projectiles, he is a bit overpowered. So my idea is that his non-ult abilities should use his flow when the flow isn't maxed. When his flow is maxed, he shouldn't lose any flow, because that would negate his own shield, but when it isn't maxed, if it used a bit, he would be more careful about using his e 4 times to climb a minion wave to get the kill. This means that when Yas's flow is low, he is weaker and you should fight him, but when he has max flow, you should just get the shield off of him so that he needs to back off a little bit and wander around to get flow back up. ;p This means that Yas should play safer when he has low flow, and more aggressive when he has max flow. It also creates definitives times for when he is weak, and when he can still smash your face in. He still becomes stronger as the game goes on, because his flow costs are low and don't scale, but his max flow does. Also, when you break his shield he loses flow instantly, but I think it should be so that the flow is lost after a few seconds, so he isn't brutally underpowered because he waited for his shield to be up.

Example flow costs: (just examples) Q: 10 all ranks W: 10/12/15/17/20 E: 5 all ranks R: None and when he has max flow, his abilities don't cost any flow.

TL;DR Yasuo abilities cost flow, unless he has max flow (flow shield)

1 Comments

Sinestri11/26/2015, 10:45:27 PM1 votes

I like the idea but then if hes chasing you all you have to do is basic attack him and proc the shield and he wouldn't be able to use any abilities. I feel like we should get rid of the shield and make him have flow regen a little faster and that's what he uses for his abilities. Then when he has a full flow bar he has increased movement speed because hes a wanderer and uses the wind and it doesn't use his flow till he procs his ult then he uses half the bar for that so then after he is finished he can use basic abilities. This would make it so then if a Yasuo is chasing he has to have a full flow bar to ult and leaves him open for ganks without him turning it around. Its just an idea i can see how that would make yasuo weak were he shouldn't be but that's just how i feel with him.