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Anyone know the counterplay to Yasuo mid lane if you don't play another assassin?

Nairoval··2 votes·960 views

I'd like to know if anyone knows how to play against Yas mid or top. Seems like he just can't be stopped, he's able to use abilities through stuns and pass through Veigar barrier with ease, base move speed makes him able to travel through Event Horizon without any issue and his dash makes it so he isn't stunned by it.

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The thigh guy3 votes

Nope. If he plays even close to adequately there is no real counterplay.

Nairoval1 votes

Ideas on balancing? I've talked to player support and the only way things get fixed is if people post about it on the boards or so they tell me.

Syrile2 votes

Malzahar. I have posted several times about it. You can crush most Yasuo's with Malzahar if properly played.

CrazyMonkeyCZ2 votes

Renekton Nocturne top or mid You can crush him in 1v1 early on and basically kick him out of the game.

Most ppl won't even think about Noc as mid champ, but it works against big portion of mages, assasins and relatively good vs Yas, he can block your Q with windwall, but who cares? Just AA with lethal tempo and block his 3rd Q with W.

If you are into more conventional picks, you can't go wrong with Malzahar or you can just afk lane with aftershockLissandra .

Frosted Tips1 votes

Top most fighter beat him just any time he is in range of you fight him.

Mid: Malzahar is super good.

Nairoval2 votes

How so? Minions only stack up his Conq faster and give him things to dash to. Malz is low mobility and Med to short range so he can't do much as allied minions give Yas everything he needs to engage. Malz Q does a laughable amount of damage even if you can land a silence it wont stop anything he throws out.

Yas dash distance needs to be cut in half as well as distance on Q or else he just has too much range and mobility. That coupled with his insane damage early mid and late game makes him unbalanced. Has shield on short CD, Windwall stops everything, high mobility and damage and can move through stuns while still being able to deal damage even while he's stunned.

Néékö1 votes

Early game you need too keep his shield down so if he does commit to a fight you can trade back.

Nairoval2 votes

Can't get that close to auto it off because his high base move speed and that every Yas takes Conq which gives him insane damage at lvl 1 and a knock up which only gets worse at lvl 2 with the dash. Wasting mana on pot shots isn't viable because you have to farm stacks on minions early or the wave will just continue to crash into your tower and you'll fall behind on gold and levels. Also gives him a perfect opportunity to roam and invade JG. Pretty much he can clear the wave with ease because his CDs are so low and his damage is so high and then he can do whatever he wants.

Eedat1 votes

Holy hell wtf are you even talking about? You can't ranged auto attack Yas because he has 15 more base move speed than you? Are you trolling or did you just get shit on by a Yasuo?

Nairoval1 votes

Not trolling, if you get close enough to auto attack you're within all in range. So you can poke, then he engages and you can't get away.

Eedat2 votes

Yasuo has FIVE more base move speed than your Veigar

Wow INSANE base move speed dude

Nairoval1 votes

+dash, I'm not trolling, I'm trying to figure out why all these sites say he's countered by Veigar but whenever I play it and use the strats they show I'm getting stomped on. +5 isn't a lot but his ability to dash through and close great distances repeatedly and then dash out means he gets a lot more out of 5 move speed than others who don't have the dash. So instead of being a prick you could help.

Eedat1 votes

he's able to use abilities through stuns and pass through Veigar barrier with ease, base move speed makes him able to travel through Event Horizon without any issue and his dash makes it so he isn't stunned by it.

.......what? None of this is true. Yasuo cannot dash though Veigar's cage once its up

Nairoval1 votes

I've literally witnessed it. Event horizon is up and he just dashes right through it. I've submitted the replays to the bug report system. Spell effect is up and there's no stun.

Eedat1 votes

Why don't you post them here because I havent seen it happen a single time

Akali is SO HOT1 votes

Yasuo will get stunned if he tries to dash through Event Horizon

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