Opinion on yasuo buffs

abusive duo·12/12/2017, 1:15:43 AM·3 votes·871 views

(Before I start keep in mind that these opinions belong to a hardstuck plat yasuo one trick lul and I mostly talk about yasuo mid lane here)

Alright so there's been a lot of negative feedback on yasuo receiving a buff so I thought I'd share my opinion on this as well. Personally I think yasuo is in a weaker state compared to most champions at the moment, even if you are good at him it's really hard to keep up with your laner if they're playing something that already meta/an assassin that can deal with yasuo early and quickly. I'll address what I think about each change separately and why I think they're deserved, too much or if it just doesn't make a noticeable difference.

First I'll start with my opinion on the changes to his Q, just for reference here it is. (Steel Tempest (Q) damage increased from 20/40/60/80/100 to 20/45/70/95/120.) In my opinion I think that this change is well made. They avoided buffing his already strong level 1-3 but gave him some more damage to help him through the mid game which he has recently been struggling in compared to other champions that are meta. The bonus damage on his q does not crit so I also don't see why this would be "an op change" or anything like that, to me they just gave him a little damage boost to help keep up with other champions in skirmishes/fights. (Also this makes up for the press the attack nerf which is yasuo's main keystone)

Now the ulti range change. (Last Breath (R) range increased from 1200 to 1400) This really makes no difference at all. Sure he'll be able to ult a little bit further away but in most scenarios he's already usually inside the 1200 unit range of enemies. Overall it's nothing to complain about, just a little gift. anyways he mostly ults off his own tornadoes which he's usually in range of when he hits unless he flashes away after throwing the nado.

And last of all the biggest one of them all, the MR buff (MR growth increased from 0.5 to 1.25)(Also I think this used to be from 0.5 to 1.5 which was a bit much but it's changed now so we're fine) Anyways this buff is probably the most worried one of all for a good reason as well. I did feel like he deserved a little bit more MR but I think they gave him a little bit too much of a growth rate, I think just buffing it to 1 would've been good enough considering he does end up screwing over mages that are based on skillshots only but he does have a tougher time now fighting mages that get up into his face and have nothing that can be windwalled or dodged easily. This also opens up other secondary rune trees to yasuo instead of forcing him into conditioning to get that resistance at 10 mins which is too late since yasuo's either behind because he can't cs without being chunked or losing his passive shield against ranged matchups. I do think he was in need of an MR buff but this was a little bit much.

That's really all I have to say about these changes right now. If you disagree at least leave a constructive comment instead of one that's just out of hate for the champion. Anyways I'm ready to get mass downvoted for trying to defend yasuo FeelsGoodMan.

9 Comments

Sujiren12/12/2017, 2:45:23 AM2 votes

Yasuo isin't as mechanically hard as people imply. When he is snowballed he can miss pretty much everything and still kill with just a few autos.

WishIWasWhite12/12/2017, 2:02:04 AM1 votes

Doesn't matter what Bronze/Silver kids think when a champion has 44.5% W/R it means he's useless. IMO he should get even a couple more buffs, maybe towards his AS growth.

Bronze 5 Teeto12/12/2017, 12:49:25 PM1 votes

I mean, he is complete garbage right now and you're right about each aspect. 1.25 mr per lvl is tons considering many champs dont even get mr per lvl and base mr is very low for almost all champs right now.