Why buff the range of Yasuo's R?

xJLx MCHammer·Aug 12, 2017·7 votes·373 views

Why? What is the thought process here?

It's bad enough his R can be proc'ed by every damn displacement in this game including Hecarim's e, Gragas E or R?

Out of the way you buff him, you literally make this champ even more reliant on others. It just makes it more annoying in the future to balance this champion as more champions get released or rework.

Dumbest way to buff or alter a champion!

AND NO this is not me whining that Yasuo is getting buffed. It's that he is getting shifted from being more reliant on others to get a knock up. Now he literally stay behind his tower and R from a screen away to a gragas who used R from a screen away. It just gets more annoying rather then outplaying.

They could have buffed him a a more meaningful way. Just making his expire quicker but with shorter cooldown would have been an amazing change to this champion. Instead, the auto R buff. Good job Riot!

3 Comments

ModAcademy KaynAug 12, 20172 votes

They want to solidfy his Anti-range Niche, while making him weaker Top lane versus Melee's. Notice how less Shield strength early affects Melee's who aren't able to kill his shield from afar much more than ranged characters who can proc his shield.