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The Climb: Advanced Yasuo Tips & Tricks | Redmercy

RiotStayAwhileNlistn·11/11/2015, 6:32:51 PM·116 votes·203,555 views

Since his release, Yasuo has been seen as one of the most challenging champions in League -- a champ whose squishiness and insane damage potential demand an incredibly quick, decisive player at the helm to be successful.

In this video, Redmercy looks to increase your personal affinity and aptitude with The Unforgiven by breaking down four flashy, mechanically intensive tricks to outplay your opponents.

What’s the best play you’ve ever made with Yasuo? Let us know in the comments below!

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Educational Youtuber and Diamond midlaner Redmercy has been playing League since Season 1 and making guides since 2010, having tallied up an incredible 144.3 million views in that time. His favorite experience in League of Legends is learning and understanding complex champions and mechanics with the ultimate goal of killing enemies and winning games.

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309 Comments

lightdragoon8811/11/2015, 7:01:35 PM117 votes

There is only 1 Yasuo video you need to watch and it is "The Only Yasuo Guide you'll ever need"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPktI93N6c

Korillo11/11/2015, 6:49:50 PM45 votes

Is this supposed to be a joke? Riot adds the new Warlords keystone, effectively giving Yasuo an insanely overpowered additional passive, then makes a red post about how to play him? Are they just trying to rub it in our faces?

math crab11/11/2015, 6:44:12 PM38 votes

"Since his release, Yasuo has been seen as one of the most challenging champions in League" hahahahahahaha

Hellioning11/11/2015, 6:43:08 PM28 votes

Amazing Yasuo Outplay Tip:

Get Warlords as your keystone mastery.

Congrats on your win!

Cirnothebaka911/11/2015, 8:30:57 PM27 votes

No, Riot, stop. Yasuo is already broken with the new mastery, don't make more people play him please. item 3348 item 3070

Void Nargacuga11/11/2015, 6:39:38 PM23 votes

Buy Cull --> Get Boots --> Get Shiv --> Boot upgrade pending on match --> Get 100 minion CS + a kill or two --> Sell now no Passive Cull and get Infinity Edge. GO CRAZY!

Its hilarious. Just try it out before you downvote this. Shiv lets you get Cull's 100 minion CS passive easily since it can wave clear and deals +50% damage to minions. Add in Warlord's Bloodlust for crit healing shenanigans.

Not Katarina11/11/2015, 6:49:43 PM14 votes

Yasuo has been seen as one of the most challenging champions in League -- a champ whose squishiness and insane damage potential demand an incredibly quick, decisive player at the helm to be successful.

RIP this in S6

AlphaKappaPika11/11/2015, 6:44:27 PM12 votes

1v5 yasuo penta in ranked, i got a 4 man knockup and killed 4 of them, then the fifth person came (who was ahri) and i windwalled her charm and q, she flashed past my ww and i flashed through it so that her w couldnt hit me, then i q'd and killed her (she was low)

Fish Chef11/11/2015, 8:18:44 PM12 votes

I wear my helmet when I play yas, that way I don't get permanent brain damage from smashing my face against the keyboard.item 3151

RiotMhija11/11/2015, 7:52:40 PM12 votes

Big thanks to Redmercy for letting us feature his video!

MrBlutzIII11/11/2015, 10:26:12 PM9 votes

Noo! please don't teach anymore Yasou players tips to exploit his Overpoweredness!!

spank me lee11/11/2015, 7:22:55 PM8 votes

Trash tier bronzies complaining about a champ that isnt even reliable, you don't play yasuo so don't act like you know his strengths and weaknesses, Learn to counter him

AuntFrosty11/11/2015, 7:46:40 PM8 votes

Excellent video with clear explanations. Will subscribe next time I'm on the Tube. As a low ELO player, I so appreciate the time and effort advanced players put into helping others learn the game - for free. Good people deserve to be upvoted!

Tengrichan11/11/2015, 8:20:30 PM6 votes

posting this guide in Yasuo's current state

oh you guys do it on purpose

Corphius11/11/2015, 7:19:12 PM6 votes

1: Build a time machine.

2: Go back in time, set up one of your parents to be Korean.

3: Your now Korean blood will give you the necessary gaming skills to play Yasuo.

4: ???

5: Profit.

kafooey11/11/2015, 7:28:43 PM5 votes

I don't really think Yasuo is that hard of a champion. Sue me. I just feel like his kit counters so many AP mages and ADc's at the same time it's easy pickins.

OnlyGragasOnlyGG11/11/2015, 7:02:59 PM5 votes

Never tried Yasuo, never will

Happy to know I can bring Gragas in ranked for every role and game very soon

phiaru11/11/2015, 7:31:59 PM5 votes

Another thing is, when you e'q knockup try to always fit an auto attack before you go into your ultimate to get off more damage and finish with the q mid ulti.

Packun Flower11/12/2015, 7:39:51 AM4 votes

This thread was posted at a really really bad time.

Uncertainty11/11/2015, 8:02:19 PM4 votes

1:24.. "Much more quicker." Redmercy grammar xD

God of Greed11/11/2015, 7:52:41 PM3 votes

What about the extra AA trick? Where you E+Q in, and instead of instantly ulting, as they're in the air you finish 1 last auto attack animation for extra damage, and right as it looks like they hit the ground, you ult. Not only do you get the extra AA damage, but by delaying the ult you also gain a little bit of extended CC. This has always helped me when playing Yasuo :)

Alleluhjah11/11/2015, 11:18:40 PM3 votes

Great video im a yasuo main and i was already watching red mercy for quite some time now, he was 1 of the reasons I decided to buy Yasuo in the 1st place but as a yasuo main u figure these tricks out pretty fast =d none the less a good video for newer players to him and to those who wish to try and counter play himYasuo Zed

ßlakę11/12/2015, 2:48:51 AM3 votes

And as he said "peace", League finished updating! Yasuo

Kal Vas Flam11/13/2015, 2:40:06 AM3 votes

You forgot the add the part where after Statik Shiv he can just go solo dragon and herald like it's no big deal and get back to lane before his opponent finishes their wave.

TheAustinWorm11/18/2015, 2:25:33 AM2 votes

This Champion is beyond broken/OP, and needs a heavy nerf in order to keep the game from going to chaos.

Lord Galvatron11/19/2015, 2:15:12 AM2 votes

TIPS AND TRICKS TO BEATING YASUO:

  1. Play this guy:Malphite

  2. Build this:item 3143

  3. Watch as he proceeds to do 0 damage to you and eventually rage quit

  4. Win

plasmatazz12/10/2015, 1:11:44 AM2 votes

"Since his release, Yasuo has been seen as one of the most challenging champions in League" IM DYING

Stacona12/10/2015, 1:41:44 AM2 votes

Nerf Yasuo; the fucking ground, and keep digging - and then rework him - but during the rework keep nerfing him because Yasuo by no means should have been released, he is unhealthy for the game in every way, shape and form, also is never fun to lane against

Shadowfang TC 7/19/2016, 7:15:50 PM2 votes

Anyone who has played this game for more than a year has enough intelligence to know Yasuo takes skill to play. I'm done poking holes in hate posts on this thread. Keep hope anyone who came here to increase their general knowledge of how to play the champ, you are not alone. Good luck on your matches, and hopefully you can grind through the low elos into at least gold by fighting the true skill-less champs such as Zed, Yi, Katarina, Fizz, Viktor, Lux, Darius, Garen, Brand, etc. Keep hope and don't let the "Yasuo nooby champ nurf him" haters get to you. Anyways, time to go play another match.