Another reason why Yasuo feels so strong.

A portion of his extreme power also seems to come from matchup changes as a lot of his main counters; either were recently nerfed, or had a major item build path nerfed, or are simply unpopular. Midlane Counters - can silence and suppress Yasuo and Malefic Visions is targeted; Rework nerfed his damages really hard, passive nerfed recently - can outtrade and poke Yasuo; most recent Diana change to Moonfall makes it harder to escape ganks - can Polymorph Yasuo and bypass Wind Wall with Help, Pix! solo lane Lulu gutted with Glitterlance less potent on multiple targets - not yet, but she's getting a round of nerfs to her HP per level. - can dodge Tornado or burst combo with Playful/ Trickster, Playful/ Trickster's cooldown was increased therefore making it harder for Fizz to dodge Yasuo combo - generally outtraded and could peel Yasuo away from himself with Emperor's Divide, laning patterns heavily nerfed, Yasuo now outtrades him. - Could shove Yasuo in with Death Ray and remain safe while harassing with Siphon Power, Gravity Field counters Last Breath, recent changes to augments and ulti nerf hurt Viktor hard. - can use Unraveled Earth to discourage excessive dashing, not very good after recent nerfs - can poke down with Rockets and Gatling Gun, can escape with Valkyrie, pretty garbage atm since AA changes.

Top Lane Counters: -** Hiten Style and Equilibrium Strike was the death of Yasuo **, recent nerfs to her passive -Hosts upon years of CC recentish nerfs to base damages - Riposte can block 3rd Steel Tempest Riposte cooldown nerf gives Yasuo a huge window to burst her down before level 13.

Other Counters -** could outkite Sweeping Blade with Martial Poise**; not considered viable in her current state since 6.6 - **can outplay Yasuo with Tumble and Final Hour. Condemn works too. **Also not very good, early game is too punishing.

Counters not recently affected by nerfs or itemization changes: