Yasuo Hate: Justified or Just 'Bad'
I'm a Yasuo main. I will try to keep a level head with my arguments. Let's check out all of these main 'yasuo OP bro pls nerf' threads and see their arguments.
"But how long he can hold onto it. He can just zone for the whole duration of holding onto it. Just the threat of getting hit with it or the E+Q knock-up combo is annoying. Since hes such a fast paced champion, I think he should be punished for not using it within a reasonable time-frame. I just can't even with all these Yasuos every game. o"
- When he doesn't have his 3rd q, you go in, trade, and force him back. When he gets his 3rd q, you in turn have to be forced back. It's just laning.
- "Just the threat of getting hit with it or the E+Q knock-up combo is annoying" Not an argument. A lot of things are annoying in this game.
- "Since hes such a fast paced champion" Fast-paced? What? He has high mobility... but, fast paced? Have you seen Zed? Leblanc?
"Make his E damage physical. Don't nerf the damage, just make the damage physical damage. Why? You may ask. My reasoning behind it is this: Most people have a full set of Flat Armor Runes. You know, the ones that give you 9 flat armor at the beginning of a game when you have all of them? Those actually do a LOT of work early game. Yasuo currently Maxes E first, as the base magic damage is high, and essentially makes him a mixed damage monster. By making this change, itemizing only ARMOR early game negates a good amount of burst, especially from the surprise magic damage his E has. This will make him easier to itemize against, and will make the cheapest runes in the shop negate a good amount of damage from all spells. I mean, it also makes since from a thematic perspective, right? Why does a guy dashing around like that deal MAGIC damage. Makes no sense. Also, this will reward better Yasuo players instead of crappy noob ones, as people who land the Ultimate as Yasuo will have the Armor Pen from his ult passive, which will increase the damage his E would do. Just my Two Cents to the Yasuo discussion."
- There is a reason Yasuo is a 10/10 difficulty. It's because of mechanics like these. If you know your enemy is stacking armor (which is a death sentence to Yasuo, if you're a bruiser and are losing badly to him with armor rush, something isn't right on your part) you know you must rely on your e to do damage. And with that the timing and decisions to dash to minions and the such comes in, to max the damage on your e, and to the enemy champion.
- "Why does a guy dashing around like that deal MAGIC damage. Makes no sense." Hahahaha. Well did you know a woman who throws knives at people all day does magic damage? Say hello to Katarina. It's because he isn't using his sword, he is using the power of the wind to dash, which is pretty magical to me.
- "Also, this will reward better Yasuo players instead of crappy noob ones, as people who land the Ultimate as Yasuo will have the Armor Pen from his ult passive, which will increase the damage his E would do." Landing Yasuo ultimate is not hard. Dashing and dodging to max e damage is significantly harder than landing an ultimate.
"months ago you said you would keep an eye on him or something if he became too strong which is exactly what happened. can we just turn him into an actual fighter and limit some one his abilities or stats?"
- He's not too strong. You just don't know how to play against him. End of story.
I feel like a lot of Bronze - Golds are getting salty because they don't know how to COUNTER-PLAY. They just see Yasuo and automatically forfeit the game instead of actually thinking about how they can win. (Hint: it's not that hard)
This thread sort of turned into a rant. I just cannot fathom how many people who don't know Yasuo mechanics are trying to provide input into changing him, it just doesn't make sense to me. Maybe they need to check out this post: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/jLGvQ3Wk-before-you-make-a-post-about-balance
That's all.
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, they both have their only hard CC countered by Wind Wall and yet I can playa round it fairly while also keeping track of what yasuo does (Because I KNOW WHAT HE DOES AND DOES NOT).
