Big Plays: Why Yasuo Never Sleeps

RiotPreeti·Sep 19, 2014·151 votes·219,545 views

Welcome to the Big Plays Spotlight! In this feature, we highlight the most epic plays, from meticulously-coordinated early tower dives to mind-blowing cross-map jukes.

Here’s a great example of why you should never feel safe (or start shopping) until you’re back in base:

After a close 2-0 exchange, an extremely low-health Michael Jaxson retreats to the safety of his turret. Just as he begins to recall, a blind Ashe arrow seeks to claim his final 10 HP. With godlike reflexes, the Unforgiven throws down a clutch Wind Wall just in time to deny the terrifyingly-precise assassination attempt.

Let’s see those reflexes in slow motion.

We’d love to feature your biggest plays, so post a link in the comments below or submit your clip here!

222 Comments

Melancholy HillSep 19, 2014289 votes

Holy crap thats me!

AURFSep 19, 201417 votes

What was going through your mind when that happened? Clairvoyance

Melancholy HillSep 19, 201433 votes

Well belive it or not, i was in a skype call with PrivateCox (malphite) and i said to him that i needed to watch for the ashe arrow, then as i was recalling i blocked it, as you can see in the video

EMOFRATPARTYSep 19, 201414 votes

AMA Request: Dat Ashe.

Digging Dat AsheSep 20, 201423 votes

Wat?

SummonerRPSep 19, 201414 votes

The European Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-9kI-xGmU

0MG KING HERESep 23, 20146 votes

woo nice

S1nnSep 21, 20146 votes

Great mechanics man!

Big Box Cox Sep 19, 201471 votes

Let's be honest me not tanking that tower made this play happen

cody dongSep 21, 201413 votes

yep, if you HAD tanked the tower yasuo probably wouldve survived that ashe ult without the wind wall and this video wouldnt be featured as a big play

EMOFRATPARTYSep 19, 201429 votes

As someone who mains Ashe, I find this content offensive.

ShinjusukeSep 19, 201425 votes

To me this is much more evidence of Yasuo's wall needing nerfed than of Yasuo beeing pro.

Ashe knew where he'd be FROM BOT LANE and fired that arrow with the timing necessary to hit him, and he dodged it with a skill that has 1/4th ashe's cooldown, not to mention he wasn't paying attention and blocked it the last possible moment he could've.

The ashe is the one displaying champion mastery and skill here. The Yasuo is just benefiting from an overly-strong ability that only takes away from the game, by negating obviously much higher-skill moves.

tzxxTjM8FASep 19, 201433 votes

Or you can realize that almost every champion on the Rift has SOME sort of move that counters another champions' abilities. Each champion is unique in their own way, just because Yasuo has an ability made to negate Skillshots, and is able to use said ability to save his own life doesn't mean he's broken.

That's like saying half of the ADC's are broken because they have a jump/dash ability that allows them to dodge skill shots, or that *Morgana *is broken because of her lockdown Q, or even that *Tryndamere *or Kayle is broken due to their undying ultimate.

Basically, it makes no sense to whine and complain about a move with a reasonably high cool-down that is Yasuo's only REAL defensive ability. Learn to work around it, or deal with it.

Yasuo > Ashe

XFortuitySep 19, 201414 votes

Lissandra > Yasuo > Ashe

Hyrum GraffSep 19, 201425 votes

The issue is that wind wall doesn't have a cast time. Therefore, yasuo negates nearly all casters by having his wall off cooldown, because he can cast it reflexively like this.

"Bait the wall before you enter the fight" is a BS response because that's the same as saying, "let the other team 4v5 until yasuo uses a basic ability."

A cast time would force yasuo to think about when he wanted to use his wall, and make strategic plays around that. Not to mention, it would coincide better with the wall's visuals. I never expect the wall to come into effect until it reaches its stationary position.

In return, we could give him small wind wall buffs (allow it to remain on the field for slightly longer, or something).

ZoragSep 22, 20143 votes

I think riot should make his wind wall have alower cooldown but stay up for a shorter amount of time and potentially as a lot of people have mentioned have a cast time (even if it is a very short one) to simply make plays like this more appreciatable.

Hyrum GraffSep 23, 20142 votes

I think if you lower the cd, it just becomes, "use this every fight to negate damage." It gets rid of the cost of using wind wall (you'll be vulnerable for a while), so it also gets rid of the decision. It also allows for more "reaction blocks," which I consider to be toxic.

ElemonSep 20, 201416 votes

Everyone's broken. Nerf EVERYONE

TalestoSep 19, 201424 votes

You could almost say that play was a thriller

DatHuntardSep 22, 201411 votes

Warwick dances

ConnorGamer1299Sep 20, 201417 votes

I don't think this should be a BIG PLAY... I personally think it's not hard to do that if you're a skilled lvl 30 player. Please haters don't hate, it's just my opinion <3

BlackquillSep 20, 201444 votes

I think the perfectly aimed Ashe ult is a much bigger play :x

JobriqSep 23, 20144 votes

If you look at the mini-map you can see Ashe probably wasn't even aiming for Yasuo as she was fighting Vayne in bot lane. Vayne just tumbled out of the way when Ashe fired her ult and Yasuo happened to be in its line of fire. I've played Ashe before and it wouldn't be the first time I've gotten a kill like that.

Heck Yasuo could have done this on purpose. He had vision of the arrow on the mini map for a second and could have walked back and blocked it on purpose to look cool.

The video is still cool regardless. I don't get why people try to criticize every video with a pentakill or something just because they don't want to admit there are players out there who might be better at the game than they are.

Edit: lol just noticed Vayne and Ashe are on same team which makes my arguments illegitimate. I think Yasuo should have let himself get hit tho cuz Heartseeker Ashe is hawt<3. Don't tell me you wouldn't hit dat Ashe (such pun. much overused. wow. Nasus )

Hyrum GraffSep 23, 201412 votes

Vayne and Ashe are on the same team.

PelvicSlingSep 22, 20142 votes

Yeah he had vision on the arrow the whole time. Couldn't really get past how he could have avoided using the wind wall in the first place when he clearly saw the arrow from start to finish.

TismaticSep 22, 201410 votes

He didn't have vision of it the whole time -_-

The reason you could see it on the minimap in the video is because vision for both sides was turned on in the replay. As stated by him, he expected it and reacted appropriately.

AstranocSep 23, 20141 votes

He did, Vayne was bot with Ashe, granting vision of the arrow when it began. Aside from that, Malphite was leading him trying to intercept the predicted arrow. He had at least a second from when Malphite saw it to respond, which is plenty for a typical human being if they're expecting an outcome.

WyattofGillSep 23, 20145 votes

Uhm, I am pretty sure Vayne is on the same team as Ashe. JS.

Zhremok NASep 23, 20142 votes

You'd be surprised by how many people would be caught off-guard in the same situation.

VoyflaneSep 23, 20142 votes

I would :P

KcalSep 19, 201415 votes

The thing is, this was well timed and everything but this is not something awesome or crazy, every yasuo player should be able to wall ults I do it all the time. Still no hate gj to him :D

What i like more is the precision of the ashe arrow :D

Like i said, NO hate. Enjoy and have a good weekend you all

oEJsW9rvPASep 20, 201410 votes

Yeah, That was a nice Ashe ult! First replay my eyes went straight to the minimap. Good save, though, Yasuo. What a bummer for the Ashe, Lol.

FirecyclonesSep 19, 20148 votes

The king of pop, moon-walking his way out of another bad situation.

captainkaigerSep 19, 20148 votes

This isn't some clutch play at all. I can't even count how many times I've seen almost every Yasuo block an ult, or some last hit skillshot, all at the last possible moment. Sure, it was a nice save, but it went past Malphite and the tower. And to call that Ashe arrow blind is an insult. It is the most satisfying thing to hit that arrow, or Jinx's rocket, or Ezreals Ult since I can't remember what it's called, requiring quite a bit of knowledge on the lead and on where people would go to recall. Honor the Ashe.

LegostrikeSep 20, 20146 votes

to be fair, Riot probably doesn't get many remotely good plays to chose from, so, this may be the best they have.

TurtlerocketSep 23, 201415 votes

I submitted this 1v4 to Riot a month or two ago, but no response :/

Jimmy G l3ucketsSep 23, 20142 votes

Yeah this video is much more epic and nail biting. Just imagine if the casters were screaming over this at a pro game, would be mind blowing! Good show!

rippernikSep 23, 20142 votes

The playzzzz

FlloodSep 23, 20147 votes

That was epic, holy shit

Soraka UchihaSep 23, 20142 votes

That was.... Really cool. Maybe because of the music? I've noticed a lot of the videos don't seem to have any sound except for the original game.

MoregazeSep 23, 20142 votes

Riot only puts in high elo play. Where everyone plays safe so big plays never happen. Its sad that someone using their given mechanic counts as a big play, where as this epic mechanics display is left to the way side. "OMG yasuo blocked something with his wind wall. Who else can do that? I dont think most people even know what it does in low elo." - Riot

BocheebakhanSep 23, 20144 votes

i tried watching your video at least 5 times and couldnt get it to play. the music plays fine but the video doesnt roll, maybe thats why you werent featured

Abaddon ApollyonSep 24, 20143 votes

THIS.

Bufo The FrogSep 20, 20146 votes

Props to the Michael Jaxson for the good reflexes (If you didn't see it coming), but this isn't a "pro play". First off, the more "pro play" was the accuracy of Ashe's arrow. Pretty much any Yasuo play can pull this off if they see it coming, it takes an Ashe of pretty good skill to shoot and arrow from half the map and hit (as if no wind wall) with it.

archangel2016Sep 22, 20144 votes

Just for reference to those saying the wall only blocks skillshots you obviously don't know what it does. It blocks ALL projectiles, auto attacks, targeted ranged spells, hell even item activations like gunblade and DFG. It's reasons like that, that i say that wall is one of the biggest cancers of this game one spell on a semi low cooldown that literally negates half if not all of some champs kits and by some i mean like every ranged character in the game so it isn't just one of those, "every champ has something to counter some other champ" situations. Honestly the fact that this made "pro plays" makes me sad as i agree the only pro play in this video was dat ashe Ashe

KawaiiGurrl13Sep 22, 20142 votes

I wouldn't call 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18 seconds a "semi low" cooldown. That's once a fight and if you waste it, you're likely not getting it back in time.

Aurelion SolariSep 22, 20146 votes

I reccomend a few champions to you for your trouble against yasuo Aatrox litterally a darkin Ahri to the left to the left everyone take an ult to the left Akali from the shadows comes balance Alistar I CAN MILK THOSE Annie Have you seen my stun tibbers? Cassiopeia Take a long look you have two seconds Chogath A gentleman Darius NOXUS Diana no really it bends Elise "I HATE SPIDERS" -yasuo Evelynn I'm actually invisible Fiddlesticks I haven't got a brain, and soon niether will you Fiora Poor Form Fizz Defishio Galio Have you met my parents? Gangplank Do you know why my rodger is so jolly? Garen Really though spinning IS winning Gnar DEMAGLIO Gragas Yes yasuo have a good drink Hecarim I'm a horse Heimerdinger do you have a swagger walk? Irelia Yeah you aren't the only on from ionia Janna MAY THE WINDS GUIDE YOU JarvanIV MAN LEAPED Jax Do you really auto attack? Jayce Hammer time Karthus skillshot blocker? Kassadin Litterally survived the void Katarina So yeah noxus REEEEESET Kayle Litterally that one projectile. gj. Khazix Evolve and... I don't even need to adapt... LeeSin Smelly opponent Leona THE SUN Lissandra TRUE ICE Lucian WIFESTEAL... Malphite Rock solid Malzahar teehee Maokai cut down the tree, i dare you MasterYi so. really though not the only ionian Mordekaiser I'll just get a fed yasuo too Nasus Y U SO SLOW Nocturne DARKNESS Nunu hhhaaaa haaaa haaaa Olaf bro-laughable Orianna get the ball boy get it! Pantheon another man leap Poppy yeah. its her. Quinn Valor to me Rammus ok Renekton lol Rengar I'm on the hunt Riven yeah have fun in this match up Rumble Equalized Ryze I got these tattoos in rune prison Sejuani I'm riding a boar Shaco block one little skillshot and everyone loses their minds Shen Can't killean the zillean Shyvana Hyra Mcdaniels litterally a five headed dragon Singed how'd that taste Sion who is your summoner Sivir lets sivir this turret Skarner SKAR SKAR SKARNER Soraka no one expects the bannana Swain if we approach strategically from the left flank... CAW CAW Syndra Has you by the balls Taric truly outrageous Teemo Satan Thresh WIFESTEAL PRT 2 Tristana did you fall down and go boom Trundle troll town Tryndamere Neva gonna give you up... Udyr bear turtle bear bear turtle bear Urgot ETERNAL SUFFERING Vayne joke what do you mean Velkoz Vel kosby and geometry though viable Volibear unbearable puns though Vladimir B negative you'll be just my type Warwick snarf MonkeyKing WHEEEEEEEEE Xerath HHAAAA skillshots though XinZhao point end into the enemy Yorick not dead Zac Big butts and i can not tell a lie Zed really though the outplays Zilean Can't killean the zilean Zyra I'm a plant though

the lady i lovedSep 19, 20143 votes

Report Michael Jaxson, misleading name. He/She should be playing Jax, not Yasuo.....Or Warwick. ;)

UnexaltedSep 23, 20143 votes

I think the play is great on both sides. Aiming like that took skill on Ashe's part, and reacting like that took skill on Yasuo's part. I know I probably couldn't have reacted as well (being easily distracted by talking and shops), and honestly, most players probably couldn't. Everyone just assumes everything is easy XD... Good stuff doe.

Shiny JirachiSep 24, 20142 votes

Amazed at the people saying it was a poor play. Seems like there is always someone saying the play doesn't deserve to be posted on here. Stop being bronze and just appreciate the reflexes.