Talk:Yasuo/@comment-4696176-20140126194939/@comment-5605969-20140127022758

Yasuo top works (kinda) because he has an easier time than in mid. In mid, most champs have a 500+ ranged poke. Yasuo's Q is 475. On top, most enemies are melee, allowing him to trade efficiently and not get zoned. Also easier to freeze lanes, and his ulti makes more sense in top, since it shreds the tank champs armor. Since many junglers also depend on skillshots to gank, his wall is good top as most tops dont have anything to proc it, letting you use it freely to avoid a gank (except if it's vi. screw vi). He is squishy and so lets many top laners win trades efficiently and with ease  vs him(jax although weak early game has incredible burst vs yasuo. irelia is the same) but he can stand up to other top laners (rarely have problems with renektons. counters nasus. has a lot of mobility)

Has for building. Yasuo is a champ with 2 core items. Stattik and IE. After that  you are preety much free to build as you please. Most go for a (bt, botrk or rh), LW, and GA. Yasuo has one of the stronges shields in the game, and there are some tanks who lack sustain (shyvana). Yasuo can also benefiit from triforce with Q, and his shield scales very well with armor and MR, making bruiser yasuo hurt like a truck. That said, going yasuo with Mercs, IE, SS, GA, Maw and Randuin's can make you a very durable champion. Depends on playstyle really. He is weak early game, but can farm really well and his Q cc with 1.4 AS is really insane (2.66 CD AOE knockups. not broken at all)