Seriously, Yasuo

Jimmy Rustles··10 votes·1,355 views

Yea I know, he's not insanely overpowered or anything

But you can't deny his kit is pretty overloaded, and there is little to no fun in actually playing against him

So besides my current method of countering, aka 100% ban rate, what else counters yasuo completely?

Edit: Let me be clear, when I say counter, I mean teemo vs trynda/garen early game levels of counter

25 Comments

DoktorKaiser2 votes

Well I was just listing all the champions in the shop and thought about their lanes vs Yasuo and I found one that I think (I have never played him) should utterly destroy Yasuo (as he does to most) - Pantheon

NightmareAmazoX1 votes

This^ Pantheon is Yasuo biggest nightmare.

DoktorKaiser1 votes

Well from my experience 2 champs that I have mastery lvl 7 on literally ruin his gameplay - Nautilus and Skarner , but they arent quite as good in lane, especially skarner.

option paralysis2 votes

I wouldn't know man, I never play against him. The game is so much nicer when I ban him every time. :')

winteriscoming971 votes

Melee cc

Jimmy Rustles1 votes

Alright, so that leaves like 1/4 or less of the champions available

What champion of the melee CC group absolutely bodies him?

Joes1 votes

Vi Chogath Maokai Poppy Skarner Rammus Malphite You get the idea.

Kyrrion2 votes

I cast my vote for Vi .

You can't punch Yasuo's face irl, but at least you can do it with oversized techno-gauntlets in game.

Kotex3 votes

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Vi Chogath Maokai Poppy Skarner Rammus Malphite You get the idea.

But then whos actually going to be mid lane playing any of these champions?

Well Cho is alright but still.

Joes2 votes

I mean All of them are junglers, except moa is more top but still.

Kotex2 votes

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I mean All of them are junglers, except moa is more top but still.

Yes thats exactly my point. None of them are mid champions that will be picked into a mid lane yasuo where Yasuo is predominantly laned. :v

The Magyk1 votes

malzahar, does a pretty good job

2 Weezy Baby1 votes

having just a tiny bit of skill and less crying

Dameshi7 votes

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having just a tiny bit of skill and less crying

Spotted the salty Yasuo player.

Füme Knîght1 votes

didn't know that league players are naturally retarded like you kek

L0ve Is Blue1 votes

Lissandra Riven

winteriscoming971 votes

To add more, mostly anyone if he hasn't started the snowball yet. To do that you bait his wall, poke his passive, then all-in

LordGeovanni1 votes

That is actually what you overpowered is. but you cant say that because thats just farming downvotes from people who thinks him being fun to play makes up for it. yorick was fun to play in his previous version if he had good stats. Aatrox was fun to play when his stats wernet absolute garbage and or had zephyr as an item to make up for it.

Colton1471 votes

Yasuo is fairly easy to handle... As long as you know how to defeat him.

I can easily defeat him with the following:

  1. Illaoi
  2. Kennen
  3. Lissandra
  4. Orianna
  5. Vi
  6. Ivern (Daisy!)

Yasuo is honestly a very difficult champion, whom is high risk, but very high rewarding to those who play him and are successful.

He is balanced for the most part... But I do think his wind wall could use some changes, such as not blocking a few ults (Nami's for example).

Aptest1 votes

With respect to wind wall, i have only 2 issues:

  1. the width of wind wall. Allows 360 skillshot defense. Narrow wind wall = better, because that means I as the opponent can also outplay wind wall and it's not a one-sided outplay moment.
  2. the fact taht wind wall can be combo'ed with his EQ to give him CC immunity in starting a kill combo.
Darth StepVader1 votes

I pressume we're talking about laning phase(because let's face it, late game he's pretty much unstoppable). Darius Illaoi Irelia JarvanIV Kled Poppy Rammus Renekton Pantheon Malzahar Singed Ziggs

There are ofc some champions that do well against him in lane and can stand up to him even at full build situations: Fiora Gangplank Jax Kayle Riven Zed (at least this guy used to be, maybe not anymore)

All in all, yasuo is in a powerful state for the past year. Being able to reach 100% crit without needing to wait for 3 items or wasting space in his rune page, along with Fervor/Bloodlust and item 3046 +item 3022 he has become quite annoying , as he has gained newfound survivability in duels and teamfights.

BlueBilberry1 votes

You want to counter a Yas - then gank the heck out of him. Play passively until level 6 when usually your ult will wipe him. Learn how to stop giving him those nice clear paths of minions he can use to swoop in and try to knock you up. Use a champ which frustrates his counters and crits - I hear some tanks really like having Yasuo swing at them when they are wearing thornmail. ;)

Spoofghoul1 votes

Singed Pantheon Yorick

Narasimha1 votes

But you can't deny his kit is pretty overloaded

His kit is pretty on par for any melee carry. Look at Fiora, Yi, Jax, etc.

Sintama1 votes

I dominate Yasuo withUdyr LeeSin Rumble. Maybe it's a bug or poor positioning on his side, but Wind Wall doesn't seem to block Rumble's Q. You can bully him very hard. Udyr is just Udyr, and Lee Sin I always bait the wind wall with Q. By the time he's in execute range, Lee Sin Q is back up and Wind Wall is not.

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