A semi-QoL change for Yasuo for his tornado Q indicator post-nerfs

Skorch··38 votes·4,272 views

Now I know Yasuo isnt exactly LIKED on the boards, nor would i say even a QoL change is justified on him. But im hoping peoples hatred for clunkiness outweighs their hatred for Yasuo.

So I have been playing more Yasuo since his skin got released (hell i have the border for it too) and to be completely transparent i enjoy Yasuo, although if youve seen me during a Yasuo hate-raid you can probably tell. Think of me what you will, i really dont care, as I put balance and enjoyment before blatant hate for something I dislike.

So a while back Yasuo got his Q Tornado lasts 10 seconds -> 6 seconds nerf. And thats fine, it was a pretty justified nerf a lot of people wanted.

However an issue with this is Riot didnt edit his visuals/sounds exactly the same, they just cut them off.

So if you didnt play Yasuo his old Tornado's range indicator for Yasuo lasted ~9 seconds before it began to fade, and you still had ~0.1-0.2 seconds to cast your tornado after the effect ended. There was also audio of wind when you HAD your tornado that also faded out.

With these changes they made it so that not only does the Indicator not fade, but you also run out of time BEFORE it disappears. so if it lasts 6 seconds the indicator will last ~6.2 as well as the audio does the same.

So if you try to hold your tornado till the last second before throwing it out to hit farm, there is a good chance the tornado wont come and you'll just stab the air. Then right after the indicator will disappear.

This is a large and really frustrating negative to playing Yasuo, and I hope its an easy fix.

10 Comments

RiotMeddler40 votes

Ah, nice catch, thanks for the well written explanation. I'll pass that on to the designer who made that duration change, see what we can do.

UnforgivenPast2 votes

THANK YOU

Poske1 votes

Oh hi while we are at that would you suggest this to...?

Another QOL change would be

Instead Of circle decaying which gates him from using sweeping blade on the same target which is visually confusing in teamfights due to angles. You could easly think that you can dash on a target while you actually cannot because there is still 10% of a decaying circle which you cant see Because minions/champions/trees Doesnt matter what are hiding it

I suggest a Color shifting circle (No decaying circles just a full circle changing color) once it reaches certain color/ or rather no color you can dash on a target again. I dont suggest red color and similar colors because enemy minions are colored red. So try with blue green I guess..

Make it visible to enemy team to. Adds more counterplay removes some frustration people have with yas And no it wont be adding irelevant visuals to the teamfight

Just test it and Evulate yourself

Do the same with le blanc and any champion which has decaying circles...

I cant even express how much I hate decaying circles

Also a gameplay clarity suggestion for katarina... Make it easier to see when her blades on a ground ll dissapear

Akali is SO HOT4 votes

I knew something felt a little wrong since his nerfs, but I couldn't tell what. Gj op

Ap Mid Burst2 votes

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Now I know Yasuo isnt exactly LIKED on the boards, nor would i say even a QoL change is justified on him. But im hoping peoples hatred for clunkiness outweighs their hatred for Yasuo.

Good luck with that

Hèntaî 1 votes

I never noticed that, granted that I only try to use my nado as soon as I can

CastorFurieux1 votes

Same for Fiizz W. Still applying the sound of boosted AA each AA for 5 (or 6) seconds after we actually pressed W.

Kryptone1 votes

Thank you so much for bringing this into attention. I'm just used to throwing my 3rd Q at last second unless I need to use it before. And after the nerf I was kinda confused how I ended up wasting so many Tornados and end up swinging my blade in air, but couldn't realize what was wrong exactly about the timing.

Dameshi1 votes

I hate Yasuo, however, this is a justified change.

I need to take a shower now, I feel so dirty.

mr Boombastic7871 votes

I picked him up again for a game of bloodmoon and it was super enoying that the indicator and adio threw me of.

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