Yasuo needs a rework, not because he is broken...

But because he has broken the game many times over. He has changed whole classes that he isn't even in, and he has caused many game breaking issues that are still present today. Before I get into this post I want you guys to know right off the bat that Yasuo currently is not broken or OP in my opinion. He will forever be a strong pick, however, there are more dreadful champions to play against in the game besides him. I simply think he is unhealthy in the fact that he creates more issues than he solves. Since his release he has caused mostly bad issues.

What I have found over the 2 years of playing this game so far, has probably been the most hated and abused champion in all of the game. This confuses me as his kit is very smooth and clean. As time progressed and I started getting experienced, I decided to regularly check the patch notes. I wanted to see what champions would be strong and what champions would be weak. Boy oh boy did my opinions on Yasuo change that day forward. I still hold strong to my opinions that Yasuo is not some overpowered menace that can't be stopped, but I did realize as time passed how Yasuo has broken the game in a bad way.

So since the start of when I joined, the common Yasuo build was assassin Yasuo. The build went something like this: . This build was fairly common with some variants not even purchasing GA. This was a heavy damage build that at the time allowed him to literally 2 auto attacks and Q the ADC to it's death. This caused many nerfs to items like and as they were considered to provide too much not only for him, but for at the time as well. This caused champions that commonly built those items to fall out of meta which left the assassin class in a wreck, ultimately causing Yasuo to get nerfs himself which ruined him for a long while and in turn breaking the Assassin class.

Next up we go into the phase of tank Yasuo. Through various buffs and nerfs to crit items, Yasuo was becoming a strong pick just like a couple patches ago, but this time it was different. His build shifted into this disgusting due to his high scaling damage off of crit and his fairly high base damage on his E, he no longer needed to build damage straight out the gutter anymore. This was probably the most hated phase of Yasuo because his winrate spiked to the high heavens and it even lasted longer into a build somewhat like which is still a popular build today. This contributed to the rise of tank as well, causing the tank class to take a huge hit as well.

Consecutive nerfs have been targeted on Yasuo ever since, And the most recent has nerfed , a essential ADC item for many. He has torn the critical stat a new one and caused some of their essential items to be changed around. This caused them to hit a huge spike in strength that currently has about 4 ADCs boasting powerful stats and strong early and late game potential that Riot are currently trying to nerf.

All of this just shows Yasuo has not done any good for the games health overall and should really get a change, even if tons of people enjoy him it is at the expense of tons of other champions. The one thing I cant stress enough is that you should focus more on changing Yasuo rather than changing the items Yasuo most commonly builds.

tldr: While not being OP, Yasuo still breaks classes and items and should get reworked.