User blog comment:Dragonker/Why Yasuo doesn't need nerfs./@comment-4012115-20131125183928/@comment-15244341-20131125200226

His passive does give him a shield of sorts, doesn't it?

The big thing is his early game seems like the shittiest thing ever, and he can't afk farm forever in the jungle since he has no sustain. So he has midlane where his squishy build means that ganks get you kills.