Why Yasuo is cancer
Yasuo is an obnoxious character who dashes around for no cost at a low cooldown and charges up free defenses for doing so
The average bruiser top lane shits on him, no one denies this even in the lowest elo. He frustrates mages mid, especially immobile mages because of his "unique gaem dsogen mobility"
The whole frilly set of movements gives off the flashy LC$bigplays illusion of "high skill cap" character. But in reality it takes zero skill to do so. Wind wall is instant and can be instantly panic mashed to "clutch mlg big plays" cockblock skillshot based abilities that take a disproportionate amount of skill to properly land and aim vs the amount of skill it takes for yasuo to "counterplay" it with his windwall.
This entire concept of being a little bitch and wasting enemy abilities missing you on your high movement low cool down dashes is reminiscent of old Phantom Lancer in dota. Phantom Lancer's unque trait was that he would make illusions of himself that would fool enemies into wasting entire ults onto him, thinking that it would be him. His actual right click carry damage was kind of below average, though it did mana burn. In this way he would carry by making the enemy waste resources. Normally I think this is good game design, a conceptually creative way of carrying but that is a game with BKB, forcestaff, and tons of immunity abilities and items to shit on carries.
Yasuo is a nonstop mobile character in a fighting game where mobility defines everything.
Though I will admit Asymmetrical lane matchups shouldn't especially be a basis on actual balance changes, as well as going yasuo mid always means an AP jungle or top, otherwise your team comp has no magic damage and the enemy team stacks armor and facerolls you. Thus we can conclude that the majority of GD whining about Yasuo is from solo Q where there is zero coordination.
The reason why mages mid complain about Yasuo and not Zed and Talon? Zed and Talon run on resources and don't get free defenses. Their mobility is also on a much higher cooldown and actually costs a certain amount of resources, in which zed's case, makes it easy to telegraph when they will use it.
Yasuo takes too little skill to "mlgoutplay" most mid lane matchups
"I move and get free defenses" isn't gameplay Riot, not when there is a giant area for him to walk around in lane, and unlike in dota where mid lane has highground and harder fog mechanics that make lane harassment an actual timed decision.
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It's not exactly a one sided fight in Jax's favor if not a struggle to see who drops to 0 just before the other one does.
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Oh yeah, cuz Q+E does sooo much damage. You do beat him in extended trades post 6, assuming he isn't fed, or can't burst you down cuz he sucks
: Very rare to see a Diana mid. I haven't actually seen this matchup before, nor have I played Diana. Saying nothing bout this.
Yas has more sustained dmg, can heal better pre-6,and doesn't have the heavy mana issues ekko has. Later on depends on what build for ekko you have to decided to go with.
: I think it is in fizz's favor. I haven't played fizz since s3, so I can't say anything
: Outpoked, Yas interrupts ult. You can't even get in melee range for those bruiser minions. His shield stops your poke, so unless you can oneshot him at lv 6...
: He's kass. Better really deep down the lategame, but mid/early? Nah.
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: A lot of his kit/burst is stopped by Yas's W. But if you can land your W+Q+Thunderlord's Decree, you can set up the lvl 6 kill and snowball. Yas can (and probably will)still come back, even though he's 0/3, because jgling, and you have to roam to help otherlanes while he farms.
: Yeah you can farm safely, and energy is kinda unlimited. Be careful and don't underestimate yas. You also outburst with WEQ
All these champs are pretty good against yasuo. Azir just kinda pokes him out of lane. Jax can dodge his q and easily win close combat. If you take the time to learn, you can easily outplay yasuo post lvl 6 as zed. Kayle has poke and an invulnerability. Riven just kinda craps on yas. Fiora can even just riposte yasuos tornadoes!
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