I am a Yasuo Main.

Hey Everyone,

As said in the title above I am a Yasuo main, 296k to be exact. I have played him and have been in love with his play-style since the moment I heard about him in Season 4. As of late, There has been a lot of hate coming down on Yasuo, especially in lower ELO. I counted multiple board threads about him, specifically as I opened the boards today. So, I decided it was time ( and a long time coming ), to talk about him and the playerbase around him.

Yasuo Is a fighter-type champion with an extremely mobile kit, but only to the extent of being in a lane. His Windwall allows him to block enemy projectiles, which makes him a counter to ranged champions, on top of his dash for an easy engage to fight them, these two points are seemingly the main part of why players are triggered by him.

Currently, Yasuo is an extremely high damaging champion to both champions, but also games, due to his easily obtainable max crit, allowing him to scale harder than most by just sheer damage.

But, without kills, it is very hard for him to scale into a game where other players are getting them instead, even with a Phantom Dancer, (or statikk if you prefer), it is hard for him to make it work if the enemy ADC or jungler (used to get fed off of if behind) have kills, or are fed of course. He is a very snowball reliant champion, if he is to be shut down, it has to be early or it is an instant loss, unless his team feeds badly.

Players who complain about Yasuo's kit, and his snowball, and his damage, etc.,** Do not know how to play against him.** Or their team mates. Yasuo is countered by a heavy cc tank like Rammus or Amumu. Even then, there will always be a more skilled laner that he is possible to get placed against. To shut down Yasuo so he absolutely cannot scale into late game, he **has ** to be camped, or make mistakes frequently to capitalize(In this case we are talking about a skilled Yasuo, I have had recent games where a Yasuo has made stupid decisions and lost an easy lane, due to inexperience).

Although he is a counter to ADCs / Marksman alike, his Windwall is an expendable ability with a long cooldown, which can easily be baited out with a Blitzcrank or Thresh Pull, otherwise he risks the CC and getting caught out. When this ability is down it is crucial to engage on him in a lane or as a marksman. I'm not saying to go 1v1ing a fed Yasuo as an ADC, but his Windwall is more or less the most triggering of his abilities, and yet it is the most expendable.

Now, I'm not going to give away all my secrets, I'm just trying to shed some light on the subject. Once players learn to play against him, he becomes less of a threat and more of a liability.

Thank you for reading if you did, or just went to the comments.

No hate please,** we're not all bad. **