Yasuo Change Ideas

Hey Rito, I know you've been getting almost never-ending complaints and outcry's about everyone's fave-to-hate samurai. NerfNerfNerfNerfNerf. . . Seems like you don't hear anything else, right? Thing is, Yasuo isn't just straight overpowered; he has absolutely way too much going on for him as one champ: double crit, shield passive, nigh-infinite mobility, wind wall, Ult proc off ANY knockups or movement displacements, annoying voice, etc. You get the idea. Yasuo is too much in one package, so I've been thinking a lot about how he could be changed to be more balanced/less frustrating. Idea #1: Change his passive. Here's how: First, get rid of the flow shield. It absolutely doesn't belong on him. If he wants a shield, he can build or . Second, change the way his flow and crit work. My thought is for lvls 1-6, let his flow build up an extra 25% crit chance, which immediately resets when he hits a crit. lvls 7-12 it goes up to 50%, and 13-18 75%, following the same usage formulae. Same idea with how he builds flow as well. I feel like this would be a great strategic change to him that would solve a lot of problems players have with him, especially the frustration of ALMOST killing him, but he gets saved by his. . .flow shield. Also, it allows more flexibility with his build, in that players don't feel locked onto only 2 crit items for wanting to not be wasteful. Players can opt to get that / / trio and have that crit chance still be useful. And the crit chance going up as the game progresses gives him the ability to still scale into the late game and not fall off hard.

Idea #B: Cut down on his mobility. If his E had more of a CD, maybe 4 seconds or something, he would still have relevant mobility without doing that thing he does where he crawls up a minion wave toward a half health adc blasting the damn Jaws theme music and laughing maniacally. Which, all joking aside, is unfair. As is his ability to dash around multiple times in team fights where he has multiple targets to bounce to AND a passive shield to cover his ass. To put it in terms you guys like to use: Too much reward, not enough risk. Heck, I'd even be game for his E resetting automatically cd-wise if he kills an enemy with it. I dunno, something something cookies, Dark Side, . Just some ideas I've bounced around in my head. Because honestly, I'd reaaaaally like to stop having him be my go-to ban every game.

Thanks, and let me know what you think!

XIXInvictusXCI

P.S. I hope it was implied that the ideas would be an Either/Or deal, not a both. =J