Talk:Yasuo/@comment-26452692-20151126143155

Pre season and Yasuo is completely broken thanks to new items and masteries.

Shiv and IE give him 100% crit and the crit powerspike he gets from shiv is now larger thanks to it giving him 60% crit instead of 40%. If he wants to be extra cheesy after buying shiv he can buy another zeal and bam, 100% crit. Every auto will crit, every q will crit, every tornado will crit and the shiv charges will crit as well

Even with the "nerf" to warlords bloodlust only giving the heal when critting a champion it still makes up the sustain that he needs, thus freeing up an item slot that would be taken up by botrk or bloodthister, giving him even more options for his build path (health/resistances/more AD).

Even if he falls behind due to a counter pick or ganks once he gets shiv and IE, 2 core items, he becomes a legitimate threat. He will inflict enough damage that you have to take him more into consideration in fights whereas with any other champion that was as far behind they wouldn't be as much of an issue.

Now factor in very low cooldowns on his main offensive spells and combine that with a shield he gets for just moving around and he can win trades against most champions without having to worry too much. You now have a very un-fun champion to play against. I know that he isn't the easiest champion to play, but that doesn't make up for the fact that the updated items and new masteries combined with his kit make him so powerful.