User blog comment:SirAston/Flow - A new mechanic, a missed opportunity imo/@comment-16597728-20140205025702/@comment-5331854-20140205120119

"They named him Unforgiven for a reason."

Because of his lore, of course. Hue.

Other than that, when I'm talking about changes on a mechanical level, ALWAYS assume that the finer details of the kit will change. When using Flow as cost, then E-Spamming would make that obsolete once W is leveled. Therefore, instead and for example, leveling W would increase the flow-regeneration gained by walking instead of dashing. Or maybe make a part of the kit (like the knock-up) regenerate Flow, similar to how the ninjas and Lee Sin handle Energy.

I agree that he needs the bubble to survive, but in the current iteration, it's very meh. There are some shield-innates (think of Blitzcrank and Vi, for example) and one half of his innate is "just" another shield. But in this case, it's tied to a completely new mechanic that only exists for said shield. That's why I said it's a missed opportunity, because it's extremely linear. Even Iron Man is more interesting of a shield than Yasuo's Flow.