Boy oh boy, yasuo kit sure is overloaded.

Before you nag about win rates (yasuo is at 50.4% - a number that's pretty decent considering monsters like lux and ahri) I just made this post because I believe there are people like me that have misconceptions about yasuo, because many don't know some facts about his kit. Yes. This is a qq thread.

Passive: His passive grants you a free shield. No problem with that. The problem is when people say yasuo is squishy. Yasuo gets a anti burst shield that by the end of the game is better than malphites passive. The tank. No problem with that, considering you can pop it during lane phase and engage while it is on cooldown. The problem is during team fights. While you have to dig through 520 hp, you don't have the luxury to stop focusing yasuo like a malphite. Stop focusing yasuo and he will eat you alive. But wait, if he ults you he get's a brand new shield. 1040 hp. So burst is a bad choice, because he will soak up the damage and if he hits a ult, your bust meant nothing. If you try to dps him he will eat you alive. So what is the counter play? Hope yasuo makes a mistake so you can hit his shield once and after that hard engage? Why does flow recharge while we are smashing him so harassing adds up counter play like malphite or garen passive? Add to that the 2x crit.

Q: I always wondered why people rushed BOTRK for yasuo after the statik. "The cooldown and cast time of Steel Tempest is reduced by 「 0.6% for every 1% bonus attack speed 」, down to a maximum 66% reduction." Wow, free cooldown from other stats? Hum... . In pratical terms you double yasuo dps. 4 cooldown becomes 2.4 and the cast time is greatly reduced. So by late game it is easier for yasuo to hit you. Q counter play is hope he miss you. It reminds me some other champion Q that has a casting time now...

W: Stops ult for your team. And it stays there eating anything you throw at it. Better than any spell shield in the game. The counter play is removing the barrier between you and yasuo. You know, the guy that make is in the top 3 mobility champions. One manly tear because after the fist skill/hit he has to receive damage for his team and receive the CC. That's a man job Braum.... Wait, crying like a little girl because his shield stops only oncoming and yasuo wall doesn't care from where the projectile is coming?And yasuo wall is LARGER?

E: Not much to see. It is a simple skill that... oh come on.... "The speed of the dash scales with Yasuo's bonus movement speed." There isn't much to talk about here, because... you know.... .

R- Damage that scales with AD. Knock up. And.. BOOM! 50% armor reduction. Because.... free stats. No problem there. Honest. The problem is anything is considered a knock up. Draven E? check. Tresh E? check. Crossing the street and there is a curb in front of you? Check.

TL;DR.

So yasuo gets : Free HP for walking, for using E, for ulting. Free cd and casting time on his Q from attack speed. Free 2x = 1.9 crit. Free 50% armor pen.

Meanwhile E just deals damage around her. Because her E proc Q is an overloaded thing.