@RIOT Legit lore question from Awaken about Yasuos power limit

PhantomGG·1/24/2019, 12:28:40 AM·3 votes·3,854 views

So Irellia and Karma were suppose to be pretty big dogs, tough to, but here we see Kennen literally summon lightning from the sky, and yasuo make a literal giant as hell tornado to knock and most likely kill hundreds of noxian soldiers.

My big question here is about Yasuo though

1-Is that yasuos current cannon full power? 2-How many tornados can he make a day of that size and scale, cause that's a pretty big one 3-Is that the largest he can go, or can he create bigger? 4-If he can create literal storms of that scale, why would he even challenge Sion on a ground level? Just throw that guy a hundred feet into the air and he will break his neck while falling down, along with everything else. 5-or was it just beyond heavily exaggerated art for the sake of hype?

5 Comments

RyzeTheSmurfMage1/24/2019, 8:50:55 AM5 votes

Yasuo was buffed by Karma.

Asamas1/24/2019, 12:55:35 AM2 votes

I am here to say what must be said. This cinematic is not lore proof. Most of the scenes (if not all) are not cannon. The trailer was meant to show in a cool way champions' skills, battling each other. So non of these I think should be taken as a champion's power in-lore but more like in-game.

Pisces StarChild1/24/2019, 3:33:22 AM2 votes

It's very subtle but if you notice before we see Yasuo Hasaki-ing in with a category 5 tornado Karma definitely "Inspire"-ed (in-game ability name for her shield) him to be able to achieve the feat. Cinematic usually sometimes exaggerate abilities or altering their effects so I think that was supposed to showcase Karma's level of magic influence and prowess. With a name such as "Inspire" for an ability my analytical observation of that moment is that she infused him with magic, enhancing/empowering his tornado to catastrophic proportions. It's not too far-fetched since Karma's Mantra (her R) allows her to Empower her normal abilities.

Perhaps it's due to time constraints but I agree that the Ionian Vs Noxus scene was the underwhelming part (out of the 3 scenarios) of the Cinematic. It didn't really showcase what the Ionian champs (and Sion) could potentially do and are capable of other than what Riot ended up showing. I was waiting for Karma to Kamekameha a bunch of enemies or Irelia to perform her secret warrior technique of unlimited fast dashes across the battlefield but unfortunately they never did. Nonetheless, I'm still content with what we got and extremely happy that these champions were featured in the cinematic (Karma especially :D).

jocomotion1/24/2019, 4:32:51 AM2 votes

The cinematic is not canon

Moonscourge1/24/2019, 9:32:48 AM1 votes

Visuals (or gameplay) do never equal lore