To Anybody Who Thinks Yasuo is Difficult to Play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv2pc_pq6fA

I was busy reading Yasuo's lore, which is about 1200% longer than Amumu's by comparison, when I realized this at the top left corner this little image that shocked me, nay, horrified me that it existed. I bring it forth to you, and showcase the lies it brings.

http://st.elohell.net/public/chill/e542da1f855f03ea435de8dd813a41c2.jpg

I played Yasuo, he's so incredibly easy. If you follow Yasuo's recommended build, you should've have any problem. If you feel like you're falling behind and need tankiness, just build Dead Man's Plate.

Honestly though, you can get the basics of playing him, and the best tips from merely examining his page in the LoL client. I hope the video above gives you some ideas to try. Yasuo is a very well designed champion with a lot of strengths. His learning curve, I believe, is misrepresented and I feel the duty to correct this.

Here's some tips and tricks that should help anybody having difficulty with Yasuo.

As a general rule of Yasuo, never keep your mouse on your opponent, rather, keep it behind them and anticipate movement.

1.) Yasuo Q applies on hit effects, and fires in a straight line, but when used with E it applies in a circle around him. This allows Yasuo to chain his 2 stack Q for his tornado.

2.) Never enter extended trades with Yasuo because he is weakest after his tornado. Try to avoid skillshots that will activate your shield.

3.) Extend plays by using your E to dash through minions while picking up Q stacks, applying them to the enemy champion, and safely returning back to minions.

4.)Yasuo can move backwards while casting W. This allows the windwall to be between him and his opponent where Yasuo can safe AA and Q from until they back away from it or try to go around it.

5.) Any form of moving a champion is a chance to ult, but AoE still affects Yasuo and QSS gets people out of it. Make sure to keep an eye open.

6.) If the enemy team has isolated you, remember, carries in back and Tanks in front. Dash through an enemy not preparred to CC you or has skillshot CC, isolate the ADC and take them out. Q to the next champion who won't lock you down and prepare to close on the APC. Dash to the champion who is farthest from the pack, without Q, and Q afterwards, then Ult the enemy team. After the ult, dash the APC and finish them off. If you team hasn't arrived yet, all that's left is Jg, Top and Support. Take out the support if it's Soraka, otherwise take out whomever the stronger of the Top/Jg is by dashing through the support, applying a stack, dashing to the less threatening first, and then to your inteded target, Q and if max rank ult, ult again. Finish off your opponent, then the remaining out of Top/Jg and finally the support. Yasuo, single handedly can win teamfights like this.

7.) Tryndamere is #1 enemy. Avoid him at all costs.

8.) Yasuo doesn't need to build AS, his Q gives him the potential he needs.

9.) Building on-hit-effect and movement items are essential to Yasuo. It's even better that they're both.

10.) Use the Q immediately after auto attacks for more damage and animation canceling. This maximizes Yasuo's output.

These are the 10 most important tips I could give on how to play Yasuo. If anybody else would like to come in and throw anything else, anything that's not "OP Yas Rito qq windwall," then it would be very much appreciated. I don't main Yasuo, so I don't exactly know all his tricks.