Yasuo is the reason ADCs can't have nice things

charge attack·5/5/2017, 2:01:03 PM·123 votes·5,627 views

Like crit ADCs have been sucking for a long time. Why? Because every time crit items become viable for ADCs, they become broken on Yasuo. Once again the second crit items get buffed yasuo spikes in win rate and will probably become busted again soon.

The problem with crit items is that until you get IE + zeal item, your items are pretty much worthless. Also you probably need another crit item if you wanna start dealing damage. However as we all know Yasuo spikes hard with just PD because of his passive, and spikes EVEN harder with IE. Crit items have to be garbage early/mid because otherwise Yasuo becomes a monster way too quick.

ADCs have pretty much been forced to build lethality/BoRK because those are items that aren't balanced around a fking DOUBLE CRIT PASSIVE. Like yeah you can be relevant early/mid game with crit items IF YOU GET DOUBLE CRIT, but ADCs don't and HAVE TO find a way to be relevant in another way.

All I'm saying is this: Don't balance crit items around yasuo and instead balance yasuo around his crit passive (because they're obviously not gonna change that). Like if crit items make him broken? NERF HIM don't go after the items that will finally make crit ADCs viable again.

186 Comments

Ralanr5/5/2017, 2:03:56 PM60 votes

Pretty sure they don't balance crit around Yasuo.

THE RlVER KlNG5/5/2017, 3:14:31 PM37 votes

ADCs are the reason pretty much every other class can't have nice things

WiegrafOfValor5/5/2017, 4:01:07 PM17 votes

#Because +30% lifesteal, all critical and AS items receiving buffs + cost reduction isn't nice things...

junglerboy165/5/2017, 3:22:17 PM8 votes

I've been saying this since his release, but just make it so only his Q gets the double crit effect.

Buff him however else is necessary to make him not trash, but the free damage he gets is unhealthy and straight up bad design.

yay nibbers5/5/2017, 4:55:02 PM7 votes

I don't think I've once heard of crit item nerfs because Yasuo was strong. In fact, I've only heard of YASUO nerfs because Yasuo was strong. If they buffed crit and he became stronger for it, they would just nerf him again. On what planet could you think crit items are balanced around Yasuo's passive? Crit builds are supposed to take until late-mid to late game to be effective because, newsflash, they do a TON of damage.

Here's a fun one for you, if you look on op.gg, three of the top five best performing ADCs are all building crit or BoRK then crit. Not to mention Jinx follows immediately behind in 6th. But no crit is unplayable because Yasuo exists.

This has to be the dumbest blind Yasuo hate thread I've seen so far.

FennekSucksAtLOL5/5/2017, 3:55:45 PM6 votes

Shaco It's simple, we delete the Yasuo.

EvilUnicornLord5/5/2017, 2:16:00 PM5 votes
TimX24968B5/5/2017, 9:22:40 PM5 votes

ADCs are the reason juggernauts can't have nice things.

Done255/6/2017, 2:32:56 AM4 votes

ADCs can't have nice things because their main form of damage is an unavoidable point and click.

AmazoX5/5/2017, 4:33:35 PM4 votes

Uhmm..Were you not here when

Vayne got buffs in Season 6 where she one shotting everyone at level 9?!

Were you not here when..

  • The last time Crit adc's were dominating was since the Assassin Rework until February begun where twitch got nerfed, And then the moment crit adc's stopped dominating the Meta, That's when Jhin and other lethality abusing marksmen like Varus began to dominate the Meta, Were you not here when Varus was taking almost half of your HP from a very long distance despite you being a bruiser?

Were you not here when Miss Fortune was abusing LETHALITY items and Black cleaver and become pretty over powered? Until Lethality was NERFED and so was Varus

In season 6, Marksmen were the class that were dominating with Armor Penetration items for 5 months.

Marksmen were also the reason Juggernaut's lost a CORE item A.K.A the Sterak's Gage when the marksmen class were abusing the item.

''Every time crit items become viable on adc's, They become viable on Yasuo'' Implying that Crit items got changes, THEY HAVEN'T been touched in ages until this season where IE got 5 AD+ .

It's always been Caitlyn and Twitch that were dominating whenever it was the Meta with Crit items.

You are still not here, You know why?

Because right now an adc named Lucian is abusing Black Cleaver.

Black Cleaver > PD > Ninja Tabi, That combo is very over powered and everyone acknowledges that RIGHT NOW.

& You are forgetting something very important, Double Crit passive is what actually balances Yasuo, Because it has a hidden penalty.

10% reduced critical damage on AA And a bonus 15%+10% on his Steel Tempest that reduces critical damage.

Meaning anyone who would build crit would out damage Yasuo except Jhin because has critical reduced damage penalty too.

Critmaster Garen5/5/2017, 11:15:53 PM4 votes

and adc is why bruisers cant have nice things.

stop abusing items like cleaver, mallet and steraks or suck it. you dont like how yasuo uses crit items? youre doing shit like this with other classes items all the time.

Sraeg20135/5/2017, 10:33:51 PM3 votes

Tell me, how long do you play this game?

Crit ADCs "have been sucking" YEARS before Yasuo was even released.

There was literally only one instance of a crit item being changed because of Yasuo and it was Shiv's proc damage not being reduced by his passive.

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