Yasuo deceptively is not squishy at all

Caítlyn·Aug 3, 2016·6 votes·620 views

He has more tools to avoid damage than anyone else in the entire game.

Shield - gives him a short grace period where hes immune to damage. He will have this up 2 times every fight.

Infinite dashes - realistically immune to skillshots

Wall - blocks ALL ranged auto attacks and abilities for his ENTIRE TEAM. And it lasts a ridiculously long time

players say hes squishy but we have to get through all this garbage first. Let alone his new tank build.

should get to keep ONE of these. The other two need to go.

21 Comments

RalanrAug 3, 20165 votes

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He has more tools to avoid damage than anyone else in the entire game.

Infinite dashes - realistically immune to skillshots

It is limited to the number of targets. That does not mean it is infinite.

I don't even like Yasuo, yet I can't help but defend him when people keep throwing out wrong facts to prove a point!

MarshbouyAug 3, 20165 votes

Shield-literally like any other shield in the game. infinite dashes unless you count the fact that it's not infinite at all wall so he does not get raped by poke mages.

*bruiser build. hes been balanced up until his bruiser build.

CaítlynAug 3, 20162 votes

His shield leaves him immune to damage for 1 second so the animation of his flow bar going down goes through. If you hit him with a 1k damage skill his 200hp shield or whatever blocks all of it.

MarshbouyAug 4, 20163 votes

That's false. It blocks the one ability or attack it's just like item 3102 Pantheon Fiora Nocturne

CaítlynAug 4, 20161 votes

Exactly. Its not a "normal" shield like Lux Orianna etc

Its far more powerful

MarshbouyAug 4, 20162 votes

It also helps that one is an AOE team shield and both are on ranged champions

RalanrAug 4, 20164 votes

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His shield leaves him immune to damage for 1 second so the animation of his flow bar going down goes through. If you hit him with a 1k damage skill his 200hp shield or whatever blocks all of it.

Why the fuck would you waste a 1K damage skill when his passive shield is up in the first place?

CaítlynAug 4, 20161 votes

Again youre missing the point.

RalanrAug 4, 20164 votes

I get the point, it's the same problem with Malzahar's passive. But that doesn't mean it's unfair because it can block 1 ability. That's what an anti poke shield is for (though Malz has damage reduction when all he needs is the CC immunity for that ability).

It's just that the complaints people give are ridiculous. "He survived my ult because of his passive shield!" Why the fuck did you ult him when his shield was up/about to be up?!

Just poke him, it's not that hard to play around. Especially if you're ranged. Which being an ADC main, YOU ARE!

J EpsteinAug 4, 20161 votes

Does it really shield him for all damage for 1 second even if his shield is used up? That's not how the passive is described at all.

RalanrAug 4, 20162 votes

"RESOLVE: Yasuo generates 1% of his maximum Flow for every 59 / 52 / 46 units he travels by any means, requiring a total of 5900 / 5200 / 4600 units travelled to obtain maximum Flow. At maximum Flow, the next instance of champion or monster damage against Yasuo consumes all of his Flow and shields him for 100 - 510 (based on level) damage for up to 1 second."

It does shield him for a little damage, and looks like a bit over half 1K at max level.

MavenSongAug 4, 20164 votes

You hyberbolize his abilities.

His shield isnt very huge at least early on, and it doesnt make him near invulnerable, its no Malz passive.

His dashes are infinite so long as he has something to dash to that he hasnt dashed to recently. He has to mananage this.

His wall only blocks projectiles. It doesnt block instant damage areas like Lux laser.

That being said, yes, he does have a lot of ways to avoid damage. Is it a bit absurd? a little.

Handy Sandy Aug 4, 20162 votes

if ur running away from yasuo, don't run in a straight line. Go through the jungle where he can't use minions to dash toward you.

CaítlynAug 4, 20162 votes

Thats not the point of this thread. He is much more difficult to kill then say MasterYi with the same items.

GULAG 4 UAug 4, 20163 votes

Master yi and yasuo both die to any form of cc if they're not tank. Master yi can tnak with w, yasuo can't.

GULAG 4 UAug 4, 20162 votes

Infinite dashes? It's only on enemy/neutral targets.

Shield? POKE IT WITH AN AA AND BURST HIM DOWN... STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT YASUO, YOU'RE GETTING FCKING ANNOYING, HE'S NOT OP BUT HE'S NOT WEAK. If you want to complain about something, complain about riot's failure to make a decent dynamicQ.

J EpsteinAug 4, 20161 votes

Wait, can somebody confirm that he is immune to all damage for 1 second, even if his shield reached 0?

I always read the passive to be, it shields for up to this damage, but goes away after 1 second if not used up.

CaítlynAug 4, 20161 votes

Its an inconsistency in the tooltip. It actually works like item 3102

J EpsteinAug 4, 20161 votes

So if i did 1 billion dmg within that 1 second, he would not die? if so thats the most broken thing I've ever seen.

CaítlynAug 4, 20161 votes

Why downvotes?