Let's get a few things clear about Yasuo.

I have had to constantly read people posting about Yasuo with absolutely no legitimate thoughts on the champion, or arguments, to talk about, but they keep posting, so I wanted to clear a few things up. Let us get something straight, Yasuo is by no means broken. With a 48% win rate in high elo, Yasuo stands as 10th, or below, best midlaner and is no where near being the best toplaner. Yasuo has plenty of counters in both lanes and there are plenty of counter guides online for anyone willing to invest time.

I hear many different arguments with people constantly making up things for the champion to be changed. So let us address a few. People say his kit is overloaded. Yasuo is a close range fighter, under the slayer class. He is meant to kill you, his kit is one of the most flawless kits in any game, as it is not a cluttered up mess and gives anyone who is facing him a challenge. If you don't understand that, let me explain. His kit is meant to fight. He is not a healer. He is not a support. He is a slayer. He is meant to kill and meant to be able to catch up if behind. Yes he is strong, but is he op strong? nerf strong? rework strong? No not a chance.

Yasuo has plenty of counters and has room to be outplayed. He is not oppressive. For one slows stop his ult. Not just stuns, but slows. Qss releases you from both his knock up and his ultimate. If you don't build it, that is your own fault. Any form of crowd control on Yasuo ends with his death. The game lacks any counter to chained cc and it buries him. As for fighting Yasuo in a 1v1, that is stupid of you. Especially since he is a slayer. If you are top lane You most likely have no trouble in a 1v1 against him. If you are mid and he counters, you let him push the wave to your turret and farm there and he can't ever touch you because you will have range as a mage. He will have no way to reach you, and he is easily ganked and will have no escapes as all of the minions are by your tower.

Lets get on to his kit. Yasuo's shield is downed by auto attacks and only needs one poke for you to freely engage. But if you aren't able to engage in a 1v1 with Yasuo because of his shield, it means you aren't meant to engage Yasuo in a 1v1, ever. The shield doesn't bother Darius, Nasus, Renekton, Illoai, and any other close range fighter. Who it does bother are those squishy champions meant to be at the back of fights, no wear near Yasuo. Fighting Yasuo around minions, or up close, you will lose unless you can endure, such as most of his counters can. Squishy long range fighters aren't Yasuo's counter, understand that.

Let us address his q because I still find people complain about this. Listen his basic q does 20 damage, meaning early game he is a sitting duck. Yasuo's damage is near nothing for 30 minutes of the game. He needs to build Shiv or pd first, giving near no damage, then boots, then finally build the most expensive items in game, 3700 gp, to do any damage. This gives you plenty of time to trade with Yasuo and beat him in a fight. His low hp and near no damage attack style is easily beaten. His whole fight is based on the items he builds, and for every item out there, there is a counter item. That said His q does near no damage. He has to land two q's before even having the option of a skill shot, and when he finally does, it is the easiest skill shot to avoid because of its size and straight line motion. It does near no damage and again qss counters it. The only people who should fear it are squishy champions who should not be fighting Yasuo to begin with.

Speaking of squishy champions, lets get on to his windwall. His W blocks missiles, yes, but it is the only move in game to actually counter adc. No other move in game blocks their attacks, or forces them to come in close range. His wall is 4 seconds, if you can't wait for that to fall, that is on you. Also as an Adc, or anyone who has missiles, you aren't meant to fight Yasuo. Your role is behind your team. If you are on the front lines, you aren't playing your role. If his wall affects you, you are too close and out of your role and position. At your proper position, wall or not, Yasuo should be no burden on you. If he tries to gap close in on you, you have your team. If he engages them, your team has you. Anyone else who carries missiles is most likely able to engage Yasuo even if he blocks their missiles. Such as Gnar or Irelia. Jinx, vayne, graves, and anyone else who can fight from across the field as an adc is not meant to fight Yasuo. Understand that.

Now lets address the mobility part of his kit. It does no damage and Is completely based on skill level, as any overshoots lead to either massive damage taken, or his death. It is stopped by cc, which near all champions have some type of. Understand this, if you have a stun and engage Yasuo without landing it, expect to die at that point. Yasuo is a slayer, Aka he will slay you. But counter him with a stun and he is a free kill. For example brand is slow, but if he lands a stun, he will burst Yasuo in one use of his kit. Yasuo barely has 1000 hp from early to late game. Brand will melt Yasuo. But if brand walks out into the middle of the field to farm, misses his stun, he is in Yasuo's primary fighting position, and though Brand can still kill Yasuo, Yasuo will have an upper hand. Poke Yasuo's shield and stun. It is an easy task, as I have done it hundreds of times. Brand does not counter Yasuo, but outkitting Yasuo is just as good. You miss the stun? let him push wave and farm freely until he is ganked or your stun is back.

I am not even going to address his ultimate as it does no damage and is more cc, which is countered by qss. Yes it gives free lethality, but doing no damage without a full build, the lethailty isn't a danger for anyone meant to counter Yasuo anyways. Everything Yasuo does is easily countered by some thought and skill. don't expect to play a champion every blue moon and beat everyone with them.

I also wanted to address this rumor of a rework/nerf in 7.1/7.2. No Riot has not said they will do either and only said they will observe Yasuo in team fights, solo fights, team contribution, and other ways, just like they do with every champion. Never once have they said he will be changed or nerfed, stop lying to people.