i believe one of the main reasons yas is hated so much.

Bradley Dragon·6/22/2017, 12:08:08 PM·1 votes·256 views

is that he is insanly team enabled... if the enemy has anyone on this list, yasuo can pretty much ult whenever and is not reliant on his own knockup when he should be... he is currently the only champ combo besides cass and teemo, and boy that is a LOT of combo champs he goes with.... these dont even count the guys that can flip like singed and volibear. Aatrox Alistar Blitzcrank Braum Cho'Gath Fizz Galio Ivern Janna Jarvan IV Kalista Lee Sin Lulu Malphite Nami Nautilus Poppy-only on w Rakan Rek'Sai Riven Sejuani Sion Taliyah Vi Wukong Xin Zhao Yasuo Zac Zyra

tl:dr he gets too many benefits from any teammate with a form of making an opponent airborn. instead of relying on his own kit

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Ralanr6/22/2017, 12:35:27 PM3 votes

Only way he gets a combo off of Poppy is with her W.

Shahamut6/22/2017, 2:29:37 PM2 votes

Yet with all that power and ez team synergy, he's not a contested pick in ANY competitive level of play. He rarely carries games, and dies more than any other champion in the game.

Why should he be reliant on his own knock up? Team reliant champions are not new and neither is chaining cc

Warlord Scrap6/22/2017, 12:34:32 PM1 votes

yorick too but the chances are about the same as a meteor landing on earth in the next 10 minutes.

Unreformed Shaco6/22/2017, 1:30:01 PM1 votes

Tristana too. Aatrox Alistar Anivia AurelionSol Azir Blitzcrank Braum Camille Chogath Darius Diana Draven Fizz Galio Gnar Gragas Hecarim Ivern Janna JarvanIV Jayce Kalista LeeSin Lulu Malphite Maokai Nami Nautilus Orianna Poppy Quinn Rakan RekSai Riven Sejuani Shyvana Singed Sion Syndra Taliyah Thresh Tristana Trundle Vayne Velkoz Viktor Volibear MonkeyKing XinZhao Yasuo Yorick Zac Ziggs Zyra

Full list.

DunkinNoobs6/22/2017, 1:40:58 PM1 votes

It's really not that complicated. Yasuo has extremely high agency in lane which puts pressure on his opponents to not make mistakes or else he punishes them. Most players make tons of mistakes and thus get punished by Yasuo heavily. As you get better at the game, Yasuo's level of oppressiveness goes down massively because his kit is balanced around punishing rather than being particularly good on its own merits. If you play the lane really well as most champs, there's not a whole lot Yasuo can do to you. I can't say the same for champs like Pantheon or Kennen who just bully you without much counterplay due to innate kit advantages.

flyingbaklava6/22/2017, 10:48:27 PM1 votes

Sure, has nothing to do with his mobility, incredibly high damage, built in shield (which requires no skill in order to use properly) and armor shred.