SIgh I won't bother to beat around the bush.

EcchiOtakuTM··1 votes·221 views

I said this in another thread and saw that some actually seen the view on the issue but this is regarding yasuo:

His real issue is since the LW was changed, it's unappealing to buy early but yasuo gets to turn ANY item into a LW thus forgoes an additional item for a tank item. Unlike crit you don't have to build armor pene for more armor pene and it's a free 50% armor pene making LW, something which doesn't give defensive stats just go unbought.

I'm not saying the LW changes were bad by any means but his ulti's bonus needs to be reworked into something else or just removed for buffs around his kit to compensate. Yes I know some are salty to even see a yasuo or want to just nerf him into the ground but I for one would rather fix the unintended issue(tank yasuo) instead of giving up hope.

Sadly everyone's stuck on saying it's his 2x crit/windwall/dashing and don't realize how much hidden power his ulti's buff is giving since the LW changes. Intended and obvious power is fine, but the hidden portion of his ulti is what's constantly leading to a tankier yasuo.

I hope for some feedback but I really believe that this is the true issue of yasuo.

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Requiemsfire1 votes

Well it's not just the x2 crit or the windwall, or the dashing or even the ultimate's armour pen. It's the combination of it all.

Most champions use an ability have some kind of window of opportunity or momentarily weakness especially if that is a vital ability or resource to drain, however yasuo can throw as many Q's as he wants in a laning phase, and it won't make it any harder to win a fight if one suddenly broke out. Granted with his windwall it's really debatable but I would say it's not really vital.

His x2 crit gives him an insane power curve where basically he achieves 100% crit at 15-20 minutes in the game easily, giving him more options than most champions who would also opt for crit. So even if he's shutdown he can keep himself relevant through this as long as he achieves his 100% crit.

His suspension allows him to wombo combo with his team as long as he has some kind of knock up from his allies available or his own tornado. His ult, yeah that shred in general is pretty ridiculous.

His shield adds a lot of survivability. I know people think it's borderline negligible but considering how often it comes up in a fight it saves him from a lot of damage and is very frustrating to deal with especially in longer skirmishes.

His Q applies on hit effects, [still not sure why his third Q isn't blocked by pantheon's Aegis Protection] so that includes warlords bloodlust. He can use this to zone enemies from creep waves, and E+Q combo pretty much guarantees you get knocked up.

It's really the sum of everything in Yasuo's. There's also a little hidden power in yasuo's kit that is borderline unfair.

EcchiOtakuTM1 votes

Yea but the combination is fine when he isn't going this Tank/Bruiser yasuo. I'm mostly addressing why tank yasuo is spiraling out of control. Normal yasuo is dealable but tank yasuo defeats most of the skill needed since he just facetanks things a normal yasuo would have to dodge or blow his windwall and it not be an issue due to his gained tankiness.

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