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Things i don't understand about yasuo

Lmao Get Mooned·12/17/2016, 8:06:41 PM·5 votes·1,113 views

I dont understand why this champion needs double crit chance. What in his kit makes him weak if he doesnt have it?

I dont understand why his ult scales with 150% total AD and gives 50% armor pen. As if double crit chance and being able to deal the same amount of damage with his q over 5 seconds as his basic attack isnt enough.

I dont understand why he gains shield with his E. He can just dash around and have his shield up in less than 4 seconds again making it impossible to trade.

Most of all, i dont understand why people defend this champion. He has never in the history of league been weak. Quit often with item changes you will see his winrate soar to 55%-56%, but he has never been as weak as some of the other champions in the game are now.

These are examples of champions that got nerfed because of "oppressive" "unfun to play against" and "overloaded" kits, but Yasuo has remained the same for years.

Skill ceiling should not justify a champion being able to 1v2 or 1v3 the jungler and other laners that approach him with ease.

Believe it or not, Yasuo isnt really that hard to play. That's why everyone plays him, and 90% of people are successful with him. Take it from me, i'm a level 5 Yasuo who is a casual Yasuo player. I have quite a bit of experience on the champion over multiple accounts, but i am not what people would call "a Yasuo god." In fact, i wouldnt even call myself a good Yasuo player, but i can still 1v2 the jungler and the laner very easily.

On top of all of this, Yasuo mains have a reputation of being some of the most toxic mains in the game. I can easily see why that is. They think that they're better than everyone else because the community extols good Yasuo players so much.

Anyway, these are my thoughts having played the game for a little over 2 years. If you're a Yasuo main, feel free to comment on this. Don't be a dick please.

3 Comments

Rip Rengo 201612/17/2016, 8:20:40 PM4 votes

Things I dont understand about newbs:

I don't understand why they keep crying about Yasuo. What makes them cry about him? Why do they insist?

Kewlipo12/17/2016, 9:28:49 PM3 votes

"and 90% of people are successful with him"

Except he has just above a 50% win-rate, which gets worse as you limit ranks to higher elos.

If the enemy laner is a tiny bit competent they can easily destroy a Yasuo.

Ahem.

Tryndamere Poppy Irelia Darius Gangplank Fiora Jax Jayce Kled Kennen Malphite Nautilus Nasus MonkeyKing Akali

People in lower elos do not control the wave correctly. If you control the wave, he can rarely use his e to his full potential. Pick someone with poke. Pick someone with CC. Pick any of the above, have a tiny bit of a conscience, and you can take him to the dumpster.

GULAG 4 U12/17/2016, 8:26:20 PM2 votes

OKay let's respond to your points.

"why does yasuo need 2x crit" It's a steroid for a melee adc. If they didn't have this, there would be no reason as to why to pick them, they are squishier than bruisers and do not posses a tank's hard cc. They make up for this by bringing retarded amounts of damage.

His E doesn't gain shield anymore.

1v3/2ing can be done with almost all champions with some form of high damage, be it it's yi, mordekaiser, darius, etc. It's not something unique to yasuo.

If yasuo isn't hard to play, then all the "Yasuo op" complaints are retarded by nature. His average game per player is around 100 which is EXTREMELY high. His winrate being 49% is completely justified, low skillcap champions can have a high winrate because they are easy to pick up. Your personal experience without solid context doesn't mean anything oP.

"He has never in the history of league been weak".

That's complete bullshit. Have you never heard of his 43% winrates in mid s5? He was weak, he isn't... lee sin or ahri.

Depending on your elo, 1v2ing the enemy laner jungler isn't something that's rare. Darius, mordekaiser literally any juggernaut, and many other fed champions can do it too.

It's not appropriate to compare yasuo to the champions you've mentioned. Those were all god tiers in the past with extreme amounts of bullshit in their kit. If their numbers would be strong, with the nature of their kit, they would be insane. Aatrox has waveclear, ranged poke, 3 forms of steroid, sustain, hard engage, burst, and dps PLUS a ga. Yasuo is nowhere near that.

I don't think i need to explain for azir. Riot in person said that "azir could never be okay in soloq without being broken in compe".

Heimerdinger's entire kit relies on winning lane and using uninteractive gimmicks.

Urgot posses a supress making escaping a jungle gnak impossible while being a huge lanebully and possessing shields. He has a kit of a bruiser on a ranged champion.

Ryze... He had 3+ reworks for a reason...

Yasuo mains being toxic doesn't really mean anything. Spreading the stereotype only makes them even saltier. It doesn't help.

I see where you're coming from and what do you mean, but some of the things you've said are plain wrong.