Talk:Yasuo/@comment-5057599-20131213165912

As soon as I saw that he didn't gain any MR p/lvl I knew he'd be easy prey for burst casters. I took Elise with my special rune page (MPen Marks, Quints and Glyphs) against Yasuo in lane and he finished 3/14. And my jungler didn't even gank for me. He has so much counterplay it's insane. Autoattacks pop his passive, you can walk over his wall and his 3rd Q is really easy to dodge if you're expecting it. He also has trouble pushing a lane so it's easy to harass him under tower too. His lack of on-demand CC doesn't help his jungler either.

I'm not sure if he can handle a solo lane against the stronger picks. He's squishy, he builds kinda squishy and he has to go balls deep to trade effectively, which makes him very vulnerable to retreating if he doesnt have minions behind him. I know it's still early and people aren't playing him to the full extent of his abilities yet, but the guy I played against was Diamond and his issues with Yasuo weren't mechanical, but more like design flaws.

As of now I see no reason to pick Yasuo over Zed, Kha'Zix, Talon, Tryndamare or god-forbid-she-got-past-champ-select Riven, regardless if it's mid or top. His W is a very good niche ability but everything else looks average. Let's see if I'm still right in a couple of weeks.