Someone tell me what Yasuo's weakness is

BruisingPrune·12/17/2016, 10:38:30 PM·8 votes·1,639 views

Well designed champions have strengths and weaknesses. A champions weakness is something about how they work that, if recognized by an opponent, can be exploited in order to try and get the advantage over the enemy. Even in the hands of a good player, a champion should have something about the way they work that can be capitalized on by the opponent.

So someone please for the love of fuck tell me what Yasuo's weakness is. Insane mobility insane damage hypercarry with free crit chance, free 50% armor pen, poke, shields, a knock up, low cooldowns (his ult is on a 30 second cooldown at max rank before cooldown reduction, and a game changing basic ability that could probably pass for an ultimate ability on a support if it was tweaked slightly.

"Just hard cc him, it stops him right in his tracks!"

Hard cc stops everyone in their tracks. Except for the select few with built in spell shields or cc mitigation in their kits (Gankplank), being hit with hard cc is considered a weakness. You can't just take the one thing that affects 95% of the character cast and call it a weakness. That's terrible design.

This champion needs a rework. This champion is not healthy for the game.

36 Comments

Kukan Seishin12/17/2016, 11:24:55 PM6 votes

Annie I have 60k mastery points and lvl 7 with her JUST so I can shit on yasuo, A: You can't windwall her W or R, and then you dont have to worry about your q not hitting cause he is stunned, take Exhaust and go shit on him early mid and late game, or take ignite and make him fear for his asshole

Poppy I have almost 40k mastery points SPECIFICALLY so I can shit on Yasuo

Lulu thats right, lulu, max polymorph and when he jumps in, polymorph him and laugh as you murder this squirrel or a champion, also, ult and shield your carry so he cant one shot,

Rammus Build Pure armor and laugh as Yasuo goes 0/12/0 in lane

Vi Swear to god I have nightmares of this chick.

Amumu Cause cc that you cant windwall is good cc

Alistar Cause cc you can't windwall is good cc

Skarner Cause cc you can't windwall is good cc

Maokai Cause cc you can't windwall is good cc

Kennen CAUSE CC YOU CANT WINDWALL IS GOOD CC

summoner 3 Cause when he jumps in this anals him, (Seriously, this is the only thing you take against yasuo

If you are a tank in lane, get these things item 3110 item 3075 item 3143 and watch Yasuo goes 0/12/0 in lane

May I add, i have 77k mastery points in Yasuo, i mained him until i picked up Ahri, this shit tilts me whenever I play yasuo

Big Lincoln12/18/2016, 12:20:21 AM5 votes

circlejerk

Yasuo has low mobility outside of minion waves, which means his trading power takes a hit just by standing away from your minions; he has to go out of his way to engage on you.

He also loses straight-up to other melee carries, who all have much higher DPS than him and will crush him in a 1v1. Juggernauts, too; they will abuse him relentlessly every time he tries to trade, since their combination of durability and damage makes it very risky for him to play aggressive. Even a good amount of tanks will hurt him badly; Poppy can outplay him heavily with W and turn it into a combo before he recovers. Rammus can taunt him and beat him down with return damage and autos.

Targeted disables are very problematic for him due to his low range, which means he's always a prime target for receiving them. Generally, these things can't be wind walled either.

Brain Errör 40412/18/2016, 12:10:32 AM4 votes

Lol, scrubs can't even outplay a Yasuo.

Let me enlighten you on how to devastate a Yasuo.

First, you tell him:

http://gifsec.com/wp-content/uploads/GIF/2014/04/Go-home-gif.gif?gs=a

Then, you watch his expression:

http://replygif.net/i/759.gif

Then you slowly shut your door:

https://media.giphy.com/media/1WQLKmc1Gfhny/giphy.gif

And you people say he has no counterplay. Please.

Kewlipo12/17/2016, 11:01:45 PM3 votes

no early escape = kill him early Squishy = CC him

Also hard CC doesn't stop everyone in their tracks.

What do you think destroys all ADCs? That's right, hard CC. Are all ADCs unhealthy? No. Hard CC IS a weakness considering he is very squishy.

"oh man but I should be able to beat this champ with anything right?"

No. Pick into a lane that he wins and you'll get smashed.

Looking at your match history, you got smashed by a fed Yasuo. If Yasuo is fed, the game is going to be very difficult for you - that is true with everyone.

I'd recommend, especially with Nocturne and Yorick, to gank him very early so you can shut him down.

Enjoy your day. :)

japan hate acc12/17/2016, 11:02:19 PM3 votes

Top lane counters: Pantheon Rammus Volibear Fiora and Riven (kinda, its mostly a skill matchup but they have a slight advantage) Darius (a good Yasuo can deal with him) Poppy

Mid lane counters: Malzahar Annie Lissandra

Item counters: Sunfire cape Randuin's Omen Frozen Mallet Titanic Hydra Thornmail

venomous frost12/17/2016, 10:56:05 PM2 votes

play trynd and 2 shot him

PrimeWraith12/17/2016, 11:05:01 PM2 votes

Rammus

La Barbotte12/17/2016, 11:16:37 PM2 votes

getting through ban phase

Melledoneus12/17/2016, 11:40:01 PM2 votes

Here's a little thing I like to do against a Yasuo or Trynd top as Shen.

Rush item 3075 and then buy some health. Guaranteed victory in early trades until he gets item 3046.

GULAG 4 U12/18/2016, 1:40:57 AM2 votes

Okay, just because you can't see his weaknesses, it doesn't me he doesn't have any.

Passive: Arguably one of the shittest shields in the game because it's free. lasts one second, triggered by enemy actions. (pop it with an auto before you try to go ham jeez)

Passive: item 3143 item 3075 item 3047 ??? He gets no mr per level thanks to his shield too.

Q: Sidestep it and you auto win trade/1v1 (unless he's fed af). It's a dodgeable skillshot.

W: Huge ass cooldown, easy to walk around.

E: Makes him very predictable, very shitty tool for disengages.

R: Requires a condition to use, can't just get it at free will.

Feel free to ask questions ^_^

KVbqbFsC8e12/18/2016, 2:54:54 AM2 votes

95% of the people who play him are terrible with him.

Krazydigg3r12/18/2016, 5:00:19 AM1 votes

u have to destroy him right after he misses his tornado

Gibberwatt12/18/2016, 3:08:38 AM1 votes

Point-and-click is good. he's just a really jumpy melee adc. Treat him like an adc with a sword, who is good at jumping?

SaIt Bae12/18/2016, 2:52:15 AM1 votes
  1. There are too many champions that if played correctly will shit on Yasuo, unless the Yasuo is a god like me. :D Look them up, I think some of our friends mentioned a list of counter champs here too (Renekton, Darius, Riven...)

  2. Yasuo has high mobility but mostly near minion waves. If he tries to dash in and out of a team then you should be able to CC him, and even kill him. CC'ing him will shut down his whole kit and render him useless. He has no means of sustaining except a shield which will pop off easily late game. Don't attempt to go dumb mode and fire all your skillshots when he has his windwall up. Play around it, once he's CCed then you can send in your gifts like Veigar's ulti.

  3. Killing him is not always the objective, I've seen too many people go dumb mode trying to kill him while they are all being shredded by the rest of the enemy team. You just have to render him useless, win the teamfights, proceed.

  4. Anticipate combo's if he's playing with someone like Malphite, and TBH most of these should be thought of during champion select. If your whole team goes some shitty squishy comp with no CC and gets shit on by a Yasuo one trick then... that's your fault.