A more than reasonable Yasuo nerf idea to trim some of his early game power.

yay nibbers··2 votes·332 views

Make his Q cooldown scale with rank again.

Way back in 4.21 they gave this buff to Yasuo:

Q - Steel Tempest COOLDOWN 5/4.75/4.5/4.25/4 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds at all ranks

My suggestion: revert this buff and see what happens.

Basically what this buff did is let Yasuo ignore his Q and put all his skill points into his E (his dash). Making his Q cooldown scale with rank again will force Yasuo players to think more about what to max in their various matchups. Regardless of what they choose their early game will be weaker because he'll either Q less frequently or dash less frequently or both while his late-mid to late game (when he's supposed to be strong) will be more or less the same as it is now (barring any laning difficulty a nerf like this may cause).

9 Comments

ReySolomon2 votes

Everytime somebody complains about yasuo they are bronze/silver, I haven't seen a diamond complain about yasuo.

yay nibbers2 votes

I'm aware. Sadly, the majority of League players are bronze/silver (myself included) and playing my favorite champion has become nigh on impossible to do since everyone around my level bans him. I just want to be able to play my favorite champion...

ReySolomon1 votes

He's not hard to take down all it takes is hard cc and he's out xD.

yay nibbers1 votes

Didn't you know? His passive+windwall blocks all damage and he can dash 100 times away from danger if he needs to! /s

ReySolomon1 votes

Chogath silence him knock him up eat him I've done it so many times I left them 1-9 by the end of the game

yay nibbers1 votes

When I'm top against Yasuo I personally like to pick Rammus and go hard on his ass. Can even kill him under tower. What's he gonna do, hit me? I make sure he can't CS without getting taunted and slapped around. I haven't done this since Rammus's update mind you, but I assume it works about the same.

ReySolomon1 votes

He still builds thornmail and ADC die xD

Junglerz Fault1 votes

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When I'm top against Yasuo I personally like to pick Rammus and go hard on his ass. Can even kill him under tower. What's he gonna do, hit me? I make sure he can't CS without getting taunted and slapped around. I haven't done this since Rammus's update mind you, but I assume it works about the same.

Nah it doesn't really work the same. Your W now slows you a shlt load.

Kinkou Order1 votes

They might well do something like that if they decide he needs another nerf.

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