Damn Yasuo has such a fun and interactive laning phase

Annie Bot Sucks·7/21/2015, 2:01:45 AM·42 votes·4,878 views

Me: Damn I can't wait to lane against Yasuo, I heard he was squishy and easy to harass.

Dash

Q AA Q

Me: Oh shit, Yasuo's harassing me. Let me harass him back.

Shield

Me: Okay, got his shield down. Let me throw my skillshots at him now that he's within range.

Windwall

Me: Oh nice, so he took no damage that trade.

Dash

Oh now he's back behind his minions.

Shield comes back up

Dash

Dash Dash Dash Dash Dash

Wow, this is pretty fun and interactive. He has such abusable cooldowns, I'm having a fucking blast. He's SO weak early!

75 Comments

Harrys Nut Shack7/21/2015, 3:04:12 AM13 votes

Yasuo is the Vayne of mid lane. Some people claim he has a weak laning phase but that's bullshit. Vayne and Yasuo's early game isn't that bad and Riven's lategame isn't that bad.

I'm not sure where this belief even came from.

cloudbreaker997/21/2015, 3:35:41 AM10 votes

90% of mid laners are ranged:

AA his shield
Free lane

FatesDefiler7/21/2015, 2:49:53 AM10 votes

this thread is bullshit. yasuo's been nerfed to shit and you're not funny. if he's so good, then play him yourself. posting in a troll thread.

Sinneli7/21/2015, 8:56:44 AM8 votes

Viktor : My Empowered autoattack is not a projectile. (Does more damage than the shield holds after getting a Sheen) Anivia : I hope you like some air conditioning because it's about to get cold. (No need to aim. Your projectile is on low CD and the more the guy zips around, the more damage he takes from that zone of blizzards) Karthus : I'm sorry. What's this about... 'projectiles' that I hear? (Granted can't aim for shit but if he runs out, W and slow him for life) Malzahar : Space aids. DoTs for life. : Click and shred.

FyshinaTux7/21/2015, 2:08:29 AM7 votes

Cool

Story

Bro.

Needs

Line

Breaks

Though.

Better

Luck

Time

Guess.

I GANK LANES7/21/2015, 8:29:54 AM7 votes

lol are you serious? his laning phase is stupid weak now. his shield goes down with 1 aa lmao

Durzaka7/21/2015, 4:22:13 AM7 votes

Yasuo is literally shit tier right now.

How are people STILL complaining about him

ChaosThief7/21/2015, 3:01:16 AM6 votes

I think the solution to that is banning yasuo.

Blind pick? RIP, my friend.

######on a more serious note, he could have his dashes work on a charge system of 3 or something so he can't just dash anywhere he wants.

SnugglePuggle947/21/2015, 2:31:12 AM6 votes

Love it, thats funny! On the topic of Yasuo, I hate that champ and wish he never was even made.

ShadowParker7/21/2015, 9:05:50 AM3 votes

Yasuo wouldn't be so bad, if either 2 things happened: -His dash speed got reduced -Other players got a small visual indicating where he will land.

NamiMainFromHK7/21/2015, 10:16:38 AM3 votes

his dash is so damn broken and annoying

A Sterling Bee7/21/2015, 6:30:17 AM2 votes

Yasuo is pretty easy to lane against just dodge his tornado. I win against yasuo all the time with Twisted Fate you just have to have patience. .

Silents4297/21/2015, 3:00:22 AM2 votes

Never really had a problem dominating a lane again Yasuo as Lux Galio Swain

Pretty sure this scenario is only setup to prove your point rather then be realistic.

Bard in a Diaper7/21/2015, 5:00:44 AM2 votes

sounds like he just counters the champions you play? any point and click champion dumpsters yasuo. He is just melee kalista.

Fiora/annie/kat/etc all have a field day with yasuo and there is NO counterplay he can do either. what champs are you playing where u have so much trouble?

Annie Bot Sucks7/21/2015, 5:12:47 AM2 votes

Everyone only lists counter picks as if that's a valid excuse for how fucking terrible it is to lane against Yasuo if your kit doesn't inherently counter his. Wtf.

TotalJerk7/21/2015, 7:14:19 AM2 votes

I was actually winning lane against Yasuo. He starting spamming his dash every .5 seconds. Looking at it made me so angry that such a fucking thing even exists that I started tilting.

A Miss Fortune7/21/2015, 2:37:54 PM2 votes

People complain about Yasuo's unviability so much, but I see almost no issue with him in terms of him being underpowered. He's overloaded and is strong throughout the game, most people who play him have no idea how to and end up feeding, most likely due to his high skill base. But whenever he gets a kill I just feel that It's the most cheap kill I've ever seen, and the worst part is that anyone with half a brain can 1v5 with Yasuo due to his powerful late game that not a lot of people can challenge. I think Yasuo needs multiple nerfs before he even gets a single buff. The entire champion concept is flawed that a squishy person should have so much mobility on top of so much defense with so much offensive power all of which increases significantly as the game goes on.

MarkedOfKane7/21/2015, 2:05:08 PM1 votes

I found the best way to lane against Yasuo is to auto him to proc his passive then have at him. If he windwalls, they he is completely open to be attacked. This works usually but it also depends if he is just going to slide onto you and slash you open. Just something you have to deal with.

YossarianSensei7/21/2015, 8:53:10 PM1 votes

Why do you even assume he's supposed to be weak early? He's not that much stronger than other champs in the late game just like how most champs aren't that much stronger than him in the early game. Healthy design doesn't revolve around black and white power spikes.

He has pretty obvious vulnerabilities, you don't have to beat him in lane to win the game.

Celeste Benal7/21/2015, 8:46:29 PM1 votes

Yasuo can easily push the lane early. So easily in fact that its hard for him to farm lane because it is almost always pushed up under his opponent's turret. His E is completely useless without neutral monsters, minions, or champs to which he can dash. But this does let him roam.

His shield is for all intents and purposes, non-existent. It is easily procced and takes forever to recharge. His Windwall is also on a very long cooldown. But that at least blocks all projectiles.

Champs like Heimer and Karthus take a big huge dump right in his face because of their endless poke and ranged attacks. Annie's stun absolutely obliterates him. Any hard CC obliterates Yasuo. Doing good magic damage forces him to build something other than his core SS and IE items.

Don't let Yasuo feed. He is extremely item dependent. Harass, harass, and harass some more. If you keep him off the farm through either harass or freezing the lane right at your turret, he will rapidly fall behind. When he roams because lane is pushed, ping MIA repeatedly. If he is out doing scuttle crab, he is screwing his jungler of gold. If he is taking his chickens, he is screwing his jungler of gold and the smite buff. If he is taking your chickens, you need to do something about it.

iainB857/21/2015, 1:48:24 PM1 votes

Honestly, he wins versus most champions at level 2 when he gets his dash Q dash combo it does a ton of practically unavoidable damage.

However, if you are patient and don't let him jump from minions to you for free Q poke damage very early game, it becomes very easy to out trade him on almost every champion as you get higher ranks of spells.