Band-Aid nerf for Yasuo until Riot manages to find a more permanent solution

Ahri Body Pillow·Jun 7, 2018·2 votes·877 views

Attack his base defensive stats and growth. I've noticed that in lane harass never really sticks to Yasuo. He either shields it, dodges it with Sweeping Blade, blocks it with Windwall, or heals it. If the enemy player manages to catch Yasuo in a situation where he doesn't have full flow AND can't Sweeping Blade to a minion to avoid the attack AND he doesn't block it with Windwall, then Yasuo should be severely punished for that. Poor Yasuo play simply is not punished enough, and I think this would be a step in the right direction to remedy that issue.

Another solution would be to nerf flow generation, but i prefer the former.

6 Comments

JamareeJun 7, 20184 votes

Or players could get better for once, also an option.

Ahri Body PillowJun 7, 20183 votes

Thanks for the condescending response that brought nothing of substance to the conversation.

RagnaveilJun 7, 20182 votes

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**1. **Attack his base defensive stats and growth. 2. I've noticed that in lane harass never really sticks to Yasuo. He either shields it, dodges it with Sweeping Blade, blocks it with Windwall, or heals it. 3. If the enemy player manages to catch Yasuo in a situation where he doesn't have full flow AND can't Sweeping Blade to a minion to avoid the attack AND he doesn't block it with Windwall, then Yasuo should be severely punished for that. 4. Poor Yasuo play simply is not punished enough, and I think this would be a step in the right direction to remedy that issue.

5. Another solution would be to nerf flow generation, but i prefer the former.

Already done since Runes Reforged.
Lane harass does stick. This isn't Warlord's Bloodlust Yasuo anymore. He has to buy a Vamp Scepter to just barely heal it all back.
He already gets punished hard enough if he cant E to a minnion and has his windwall down. Any more and he becomes the freest kill since Dravens needing to cash in very badly. But its not like camping Yasuo to death is public knowledge nowadays.
Poor Yasuo play is very easy to punish if you put two and two together. And the direction you are going is called "I want this to happen and I don't care about the consequences". I would gladly shed 2 seconds off of Windwall's duration just for more power dispersal elsewhere. This isn't Frozen Force Yasuo where anyone can just simply pick him up and be a god. That era is in the past.
Flow generation scales with movespeed.... its not like he gains a shield every 3 seconds he walks with greaves and PD. It takes like 10 to 7 or 8 seconds. Not to mention it is so easy to trigger as a ranged user...simply auto and walk away.

Ahri Body PillowJun 8, 20181 votes

Poor Yasuo play is definitely not punished enough. Too often do i see Yasuo go 0-5 in lane and then carry games after snowballing off of one kill. This "camp Yasuo "argument is ridiculous.

RagnaveilJun 8, 20181 votes

Maybe its because you and your team LET him snowball off of one kill. In Diamond, once a Yasuo is camped and put behind, he's forced to play catchup for a majority of the game. Calling the argument ridiculous when it is the most effective thing to stop a snowball late game champ like him. Do a early gank to blow his flash, and then gank him while flash is down. Repeat till Yas is 0/3.