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Why does Yasuo have such a stacked kit?

Illıum·3/16/2017, 2:32:42 AM·5 votes·1,528 views

His W is a shield that completely negates any projectile fired at, if he messes that up he still has his passive, a free shield for literally walking around. His e is a dash that has about half a second cooldown, and his Q cooldown scales not only with cooldown reduction but also with attack speed. He gets double crit from all items, and his ultimate gives him 50% armor pen for 14 seconds while holding the enemy in the air for the same time as a nami bubble. Oh, also his q is one of the longest ranged knockups in the game and has two different casting styles to ensure you can land it easily.

I just don't get why he has so many powerful abilities in his arsenal when someone like Aatrox has to rely almost entirely on being able to use his jump on your face and then auto attacking you to death.

Oh did I mention that Yasuo can still be executed while he's being locked down under tower by the enemy team?

7 Comments

NiamhNyx3/16/2017, 2:42:07 AM1 votes

that video is SO SLOW

VoidStaresBack3/16/2017, 2:46:21 AM1 votes

The execution is likely because your damage didn't break his shields, and shields seem to have some weird effects on in-combat/out-of-combat states and damage states. I've seen new Galio's tank spells during their recalls and still complete it because the damage didn't pierce his passive magic shield.

Mr Killalot3/16/2017, 2:47:45 AM1 votes

It's because he's a melee ADC. Melee carries like him (Fiora, Camille, Riven) need to have overloaded kits or they're greatly underwhelming (Aatrox). They would be terrible picks otherwise because they would get destroyed.

Mecha MaIphite3/16/2017, 2:58:08 AM1 votes

His W is literally free healing that costs 0 mana, and if he messes that up, he still has a revive passive to save his ass. His Q is a dash that not only does damage but knocks people up, and it's a basic ability. He also scales off of attack speed, and guess what, he has free attack speed built right into his kit. He has free steroids built right into his kit. His ultimate is an AoE nuke that also gives him free stats.

For the last time, listing what a champion does is a terrible "argument". I could make Garen sound overloaded if I did that in the right way.

TheLastShadow453/16/2017, 2:58:09 AM1 votes

and his Q cooldown scales not only with cooldown reduction but also with attack speed.

Actually it only scales with Attack speed.

his ultimate gives him 50% armor pen for 14 seconds

It's bonus armor pen, so it only helps against people who build armor.

Oh, also his q is one of the longest ranged knockups in the game

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