"Yasuo Gets Banned"
Idk if this is a troll post or what.
"at least when he’s on the enemy team."
Clearly you are well aware of the nonsense people post saying Yasuo is Op, but only on the other team and is a giant feeder when on their team. The crap and lies they spread because they couldn't outplay him or made bad decisions in game and are making things up at this point. CLEARLY YOU ARE AWARE.
"we’re also sad that he’s effectively removed from play because of his popularity."
"Butthurt people in bronze won't let him be picked and troll their teammates when someone chooses him in pre banning phase." KEEP IT HONEST.
"We want you to be able to play Yasuo. The moments when he dashes from minion to minion narrowly escaping death, or lands that 5 man ult getting the pentakill, are super satisfying and exciting — we just need to make sure that the way you do it also provides your opponents with the feeling like they could have made meaningful decisions during the engagement."
What, them being outplayed and getting caught out in fights is now Yasuo's fault? You literally have to be so bronze that trump would be impressed to get hit in a 5 man ult by Yasuo. What type of team sits right on top of each other ffs. As for "meaningful decisions" Basically you just want to give them the advantage because they got caught out and sucked. They have CC which completely destroys Yasuo, of which Yasuo has one of, if not the highest number, of counters in game. They Have the ability to buy QSS in any mode to counter his ULT and any of his CC. Meanwhile Yasuo doesn't have anything to counter the enormous waves of chained CC in this game, but hey that is okay....Yes, clearly the mage who has poke, hardcore cc, burst damage, range, and more, is lacking in ways to counter Yasuo, clearly we should make it easier for them. CLEARLY.
"Yasuo already struggles with being a viable champion the higher you climb, and instead has a lot of his playrate derived from players who devote themselves to mastering him (and even then aren’t rewarded with the typical winrate growth you would expect)."
CLEARLY YOU KNOW HE ONLY DOES WELL IN BRONZE AND ISN'T IN NEED OF ANY TOUCHING, BUT WANT TO CHANGE HIM FOR LOW RANKED PEOPLE WHO PLAY THIS GAME ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH. You CLEARLY know only the handful of devoted players working their ass off get to be high ranked. CLEARLY. Yet you want to proposition changes to make a slayer/carry/skirmisher easier to outplay. TF.
"A decent indicator of this is his presence in pro play: 2016: 19 picks, 1 ban (Nidalee for reference was 404 picks and 930 bans) 2017: 1 pick, 1 ban"
KEY WORD PRO. Stop catering to noobs who can only say he is "UNFUN" because they refuse to learn the game or change build patterns only wanting to get easy wins.
"*While these numbers certainly aren’t conclusive, nor necessarily indicative of a problem, it’s an interesting note that in the most competitive environment Yasuo actually struggles to find his place on the Rift."
CLEARLY he isn't a freelow and takes dedication to play. Yet you want to give other people still more ways to crap on us. FFS. GO work on Annie, Lux, Lulu, any actually broken freelow nonsense.
"Our belief is that if we want to get him into a state where he is both viable and also not a must-ban"
He is only a must ban by noobs and bronze players with no skill. At least have the guts to admit so.
"we need to tweak more than numbers. He was already pretty high on our list of champions that we wanted to look at on the scope of a potential ability update (think Rek’sai, Kindred, Heimer etc.), and with the release of 10 bans he’s moved right up alongside some fellow counterparts in Leblanc and Azir."
Bronze and Silver players cried on the forums and you want to cater for them. SERIOUSLY STOP TRYING TO SUGARCOAT THIS.
"with power shifted around on his kit to provide more windows of engaging decision making for his opponents, while maintaining a lot of the agile swordmaster experience he provides today."
"WE WANT TO GIVE THE CRYBABIES MORE ADVANTAGES BECAUSE CLICK AND POINT CHAMPIONS WHO ARE SUPERLOW RISK, HAVE RANGE, AND A SHIT TON OF BURST DAMAGE NEED MORE." tell it for what it is already. You already know they have plenty of time to engage and make decisions, but want to screw around with our champion because they cried about losing 1v1's to a duelist.
"Now we just need to find a fair way to have his opponents accept their fate"
Who tf are you trying to kid. Fiora is far more unfair and broken to all shit. Yet here you are talking Yasuo only because of bronzies baby tears. Riot sinks so low anytime Yasuo is involved. HE WAS JUST NERFED TWICE WITHIN A 12 MONTH RANGE, YOU CAN'T TELL ME THIS IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING THE BUTTHURT HAPPY.
