Talk:Yasuo/@comment-34500835-20180129071126

Bloody weak champion, broken wind wall ability.

The people who argue he's 'strong in the right hands' most likely is only referring to the flashes and dashes rather than actual mechanical, constant skill. You can pretty much tell a Yasuo's skill level by how he uses his wind wall, and that's pretty much it. He used to be my main until he got the nerf from 12sec to 6sec, where he completely fell off my radar after realising how mediocre he is.

A Yasuo makes use of the enemy team's incompetence; not even a good Yasuo can fight against a team that actually knows what they're doing. If you got destroyed by Yasuo, it means you are lacking in game knowledge about his dashes and ranges, not because that guy is honestly better or faster than you in mechanical skill. Anyone with half a brain can predict Yasuo's Q and W like how you predict Fiora's Riposte or Riven's Wind Slash for a quick Wind Wall.

Everytime I pick him I don't get fun skirmishes in the early anymore; I get a Nasus farm lane for 20 minutes before I wreck face and win or lose because my adc/jungler/top got caught. But everytime I talk about him I get people calling me out for defending a supposedly broken champion that has weaknesses, while admittedly few, is incredibly easy to exploit.

Maybe the previous is because I can't level 1 all-in like I used to do with his previously un-nerfed stats, but an issue that I can see with Yasuo is his Wind Wall. A skill that can block a ten-feet tall molten ram, a wall of rock that can travel across the rift and a literal tsunami is honestly stupid design. It feels good to block a Riven's ult point blank, sure, but seriously I've saved my team's life more times than I can count by pressing one button against a skill that should have gotten a profit from a long cooldown.

Until he gets a buff or a nerf that pushes him towards a more distinct role than 'Gangplank-Level Farm' and 'Pubstomp newbies', I really don't see him viable anymore.