Talk:Yasuo/@comment-15280970-20150726022659/@comment-4888212-20150817100504

the reason why mages go mid is because they deal ability damage (just like AD casters /assassins).

which ofc means they scale well with levels, as with 3-4 damaging abilities, your damage goes up very far by leveling up those abilities compared to lets say caitlyn.

as you level in mid a tad bit quicker, you can now go to top or bot and gank and get a kill.

meanwhile, adcs go bot because they do not scale with levels, but with gold, and bot can only be ganked from one side, ensuring a safe steady gold income while 2 ppl have better dragon control than 1 (the reason why adc+supp gont go top and the toplaner goes bot)

yes, yasuo is a special snowflake here.

he scales with mostly gold, so a top / botlane spot would be kinda good.

but he is also an AD assassin, and can roam quickly for kills. further, he scales with gold, but is at the same time very costefficient, so after a shiv you deal more than any char out there with a shiv. that means he has an early powerspike (like mages by leveling up) and is best in mid to use that powerspike.

that and the fact that he counters skillshots and ranged abilities in general, most of which tend to be used in mid.

his kit counters "stay safe" mages far harder than "into your face" tanks or fighters.