Talk:Yasuo/@comment-24036535-20150615044801/@comment-25970203-20150616031438

No. Here is why. yasuo is unlike other melee carries in that he can be good in BOTH teamfights and split-pushing. what you are about to do is give him more definite power which is highly problematic in several ways. 1st many people feel he is already too strong and oppressive because he snowballs like crazy. while over-exaggerated considering the nature of his existence it is a fair point that because one teammate is bad you have an opponent who can become nigh unstoppable. the second point is that you take away one of his key weaknesses. The term weakness might be bad and limitation might better fit the situation but that does not change the fact that giving Yasuo equal solo and teamfight power without some huge qualification is likely to put him more than over the top. All of season 4 yas was pick or ban in every region because a yas comp essentially says "we have a god tier mid laner and we're not afraid to let him carry" which is exactly what happend in many scenarios. Yes its an interesting idea, but that doesnt make it good for balancing. They way you describe yas's Q as problematic is ironically the perfect way to balance him. the threat of knock-up engage gives him a stronger laning phase to his debatably tumultous first half dozen plus levels meaning he can actually farm via threatening an all in. also please give me a time when a yas does not want a knock? I find it hard to find a time when i dont want to CC my opponent. moving his knock up to his Q would give a champion that already has some significant late-game presence and questionable early game insignificance greater insignificance early and even more oppression late. At least with the caveat that he needs an ally to properly set him up for max effectiveness you can justify this around the fact that you built a comp around him which theorectially makes all champions storongs. Removing that is unnecessary and unhealthy for the game.