so lately ive been seeing a lot of hate towards yasuo, and admittedly ive been playing a little yasuo here and there and truth be told ive been getting destroyed in almost every game so far. the only thing that seems to be broken in my opinion is his bullshit windwall that blocks like 99% of things in the game.
Because its hard to itemize against a yasuo and he has alot of outplay potential.
Normal if someone buys crit he needs 3 items to somewhat reliably crit but yasou only needs 2 and has 100% and he even gets 50% armor pen if he uses his ult, which can be triggered by any knockup/back etc. So you cant buy your full defenses and even if you had, most get shredded anyway... Than there are his annyoing dashes which are technicly not limited(not like irelias), and you cant outrun/run away from him, if your minions are coming to lane. Then he gets free shields left and right, which are pretty big to be honest(100- 510 shield, for free) and finally the windwall which can block to much, not like braums shield, which negates "only" 1 spell completly, it blocks everything, 100%.
In short:
So only his Q is somewhat ok to face against, without possibly tilting you after 1 use xD I personly dont hate yasou, but hes a champ i would rate not face if the player im against is decently skilled. Yasuo is basicly designed to outplay you
*edit: thx to Zandykins, i forgot that :D
It's the fact that he can build Trinity force and go tank from there and still be stupidly mobile AND high damage. Especially in top lane. Fuck Yasuo, fuck certainlyT, and fuck everyone who takes him top lane
I don't hate Yasuo, I hate wind wall...
and admittedly ive been playing a little yasuo here and there
please don't.
truth be told ive been getting destroyed in almost every game so far.
Player error. Get to late game with frozen mallet/phantom dancer in top lane.
the only thing that seems to be broken in my opinion is his bullshit windwall that blocks like 99% of things in the game.
He's frustrating has hell to fight. Massive mobility, no mana, ranged poke, lots of anti poke, great gapcloser, and super damage. They also seem to be pretty toxic.
His shield mitgates the damage he takes during trades, his mobility makes him difficult to chase down or hit with skillshots, and his Windwall is great a negating key abilities during trades and fights.
However, another factor is the type of champions that he tends to attract. Similar to Vayne and Riven, Yasuo tends to attract selfish and somewhat toxic players due to his playstyle and the nature of his kit.
Personally, I like having a Yasuo on the enemy team (especially when I'm jungling) and I dislike having one on my team.
I think Yasuo is a very interesting case in that I don't find him particularly broken, and he doesnt have anything in his kit that could be seen to be as toxic as Fizz's playful trickster (maybe windwall, but I find that easier to play around), yet he gets a lot of hate relative to his winrate and playrate.
I think this is a result of Yasuo being too well designed. This may sound weird but hear me out. Yasuo is a very fun, unique, and satisfying champion to play. Everything in his kit can be used in a non-linear way, so he has a very adaptable style, he has variable build paths (although the semi-tank one is definitely more popular right now I'd say), and he also has different playstyles in that he is capable of solo-carrying and split pushing, but he also packs a lot of utility and can be played primarily as a teamfighter. He also encourages people to keep playing him as he has a kit that rewards familiarity more than most (kind of like Lee Sin or Vayne in that his skill cap inspires people to main him).
So what's the problem? Well, the result is that although Yas has a very fun and unique kit, it has a TON of stuff packed into it. Yasuo is the definition of a champ with an overloaded kit. Having windwall as a basic ability is evidence enough of this. The problem is that when facing a Yasuo, if feels that he has way too much at his disposal to outplay you. So even when you die to Yas and you're like "wow I got outplayed" it's not really that satisfying because it just feels like he had 100 tools at his disposal while you only had a couple. So instead of saying "this yasuo is clearly better than me" it feels more like "this champion is clearly better than mine."
So in my opinion, even when Yasuo isn't broken according to the numbers, it still can be a frustrating experience to play against him, and champs that are frustrating to play against are the ones that get the most hate, not necessarily the most broken ones.
