In Your Opinion, what kind of problems does Yasuo face right now?

Truthteller·3/17/2015, 5:06:38 AM·1 votes·1,718 views

It seems like no matter what ELO you're in, it is almost impossible to find a good Yasuo that does consistently well in every one of his games if you look at his match history. He's extremely team-reliant and if your team is behind, he is nothing but underwhelming in a teamfight unless he can get a good ult off multiple people or the ADC. Even in diamond, you will see people feed with him all the time and even if he's 3-0 early game, it is not uncommon for him to end up with a score with something like 6-7 in the midgame because of how prone he is to CC and gets bursted down in 2 seconds with focus.

Yasuo cannot carry games by himself anymore like he used to. He probably takes more skill to completely master than any other champion after the long string of nerfs. It's almost impossible to balance a champion that has a double crit chance as the innate passive.

Currently, it's even a challenge for him to survive the early game since almost every top and mid out-trades him with a few exceptions of his counters. And if he's ahead, he is an easy prey for the enemy jungler and laner once he takes a single step out of his safe zone. The only way for him to survive long enough to do significant damage is to build bruiser but then he lacks carry potential and turns into a utility machine.

17 Comments

Cis7v03/17/2015, 5:16:56 AM3 votes

IMO, he needs a total rework. right now he is either die 10+ times OR insta kill anyone/everyone. there is no between.

he cant be buffed. simple as that. touch one thing and boom, hes OP and in every game.

now, this is my opinion, he should have NEVER been released.

TehNACHO3/17/2015, 5:15:56 AM2 votes

My biggest problem is that he has very, very gigantic weaknesses not to counterbalance his strengths, but to just plainly make him weak.

SoFed3/17/2015, 5:15:33 AM2 votes

cocaine, lots and lots of cocaine

krawkaw3/17/2015, 5:52:39 AM1 votes

Right now he faces a wall, but depending on how he wants to get through it, he might be able to get through.

Anyone?

YossarianSensei3/17/2015, 6:21:36 AM1 votes

He's either useless or gamebreakingly OP

Because everyone's scared of him once he gets his items going, he just gets camped and he has almost no way to survive a gank.

Pantheon ganked top with Red? Lol GG FB

Old Man Teeto3/17/2015, 6:53:00 AM1 votes

He's a melee-carry-assassin with AoE disable burst.

This means he can both win a fight instantly for his team, clean up a fight, follow up a fight, and duel.

he had to give up something, which ended up being his early-mid game.

The hardest nerf was the crit chance reduction on IE, as his itemization now requires even more gold to reach his carry potential.

Unsure if his kit and concept can be balanced without the heavy early game penalty it has currently.

paShadoWn3/17/2015, 7:01:31 AM1 votes

Yasuo suffers from lack of squishy feeders. If he cant farm enough of them his only option is to build tank which our brainwashed community would never.

Leblancs Boob3/17/2015, 5:19:28 AM1 votes

When Yasuo is strong he breaks the game with his current kit, he needs a rework if he ever wants to be balanced

Martyrofsand3/17/2015, 5:20:49 AM1 votes

Having no CD on his E. You can't balance a champ with his mobility and as long as he retains that E he should be in the gutter. If you want to bring him back so he can be decent that E is the first thing that must go.