So. Apparently Tank Yasuo is a thing, and how we should change him.

Yasuo currently has a 52.4% Winrate Top Lane. This usually wouldn't be a problem (hell, Morde Jungle had a 55% Winrate last patch) but currently he is one of the most popular Champions in the game with a 11% playrate.

Korean Build Lucian had a similar play rate and Winrate, and he was considered absoultely broken.

Only now, Yasuo's standard build, two Crit items and then AD, armor pen, and bruiser, is being replaced by Tank Yasuo.

Tank Yasuo has NO CRIT, and instead goes in that order. This build has a 54% Winrate top lane.

Frankly, I think the problem here is the high base damage on his abilities, followed by the sustained damage Fervor gives and the stickiness of Frozen Mallet.

So I think we should do this:

1: Increase reliance on Crit to damage by reducing base damage in his Q and E. As somebody else pointed out earlier, Q base damage is a decent, and the Crit penalty could make people want to build tank.

2: Make his E do physical damage. This would mean building Armor is always good. E is also maxed first because of its base damage being higher than that of his Q . Even with the armor pen on his ult, E will do less damage because people will stack armor. Also, why does a guy sweeping through someone with a sword deal MAGIC Damage? Never understood that.

3: Nerf Ult's armor pen. This is basically giving Tank Yasuo the final bit of oomph to kill enemies. I think that a good change would be to make his Ults armor pen apply ONLY to attacks that Crit. This means he must build Crit to do damage to enemies with armor.

Downvotes me to hell, I already know where I'm going.