Yasuo. Don't nerf base, but enter counterplay

Kowe The Ewok·Oct 15, 2014·1 votes·521 views

Reducing his base stats doesn't feel like they way to go. The most problematic aspect of his kit seems to be his whirlwind With his dashes he easily manages it to come so close to his enemy that his storm basically becomes a point and click considering its speed

I would suggest to reduce the projectile speed of his whirlwind like it was done to Zyra's root (especially if we consider that knock ups are more powerful than roots, the cooldown is lower, the hitbox is bigger and it does not cost mana)

5 Comments

buniesOct 15, 20142 votes

obvious issue is that zyra was made completely unviable with that nerf and frankly yasuo is already a shit pick seing as his win rate is 43%

BrandNameZombieOct 15, 20142 votes

He was always intended to have a bad early game but that never happened. Will be nice to see him not be a lane bully/hyper carry.

GamersEyeOct 15, 20141 votes

Reducing his base stats weakens his early game and makes it so when his shield isn't up he's a lot more vulnerable. That IS adding counterplay. What you're suggesting not a great idea, because it's his only way of getting a self knockup. And it really isn't the most problematic part of his kit. That was his retarded early game for the late game he had. Now that's been nerfed, his mid game has always been teetering on the edge of poor, and his late game is still pretty strong. I don't see a problem here.

Long Dong WukongOct 15, 20141 votes

They should have just made windwall absorb the first 1/2/3/4/5 projectiles that hit it and not raped the rest of his kit to the point that he starts encroaching on Urgot/Cass tier win rates.

Kind of like what's going to happen to Kha soon. They nerfed the shit out of him, mildly reworked him, and now they're starting the nerf train again. Prepare your angus Kha'Zix players.