Talk:Yasuo/@comment-30539124-20161119012315

Personally I think his kit offers waaay too much for the sort of champion he is supposed to be.

His early game is essentially secured with his passive. Doubled crit chance + free shield. Build up your shield, and enjoy absorbing 100 damage right off the bat at lvl 1. Any melee characters that attempt to trade with him in lane are instantly punished by his q, with proper positioning and aim you can build up your ranged q and get a free hit on any ranged champions that you are up against, with very little chance of being punished for it. 100 damage is a lot, at lvl 1, and being able to soak up that much just by walking on a carry champion is sort of ridiculous.

Now, the next issue. No mana costs. So you can freely spam your q to build up your ranged attack, with no penalties for spamming it as the cooldown is very short, and if you have an enemy whip something at you in reprisal you can just chuck up a windwall and completely delete their attack. If you don't catch it, your shield will absorb the majority of the bite. If you find yourself getting into trouble, you can use their minions to gain some distance from them, leaving one to dash back through, wait for them to follow you, and flash back near the one you left and dash back through it. Bada boom, you've just juked them and created a giant distance between the attacker and yourself.

Really, the only 'weak' part of his kit is the ultimate, as the damage isn't exactly amazing, but you will CC every single victim who is caught inside of it, who will then be at the whims of your team when the absurdly long animation is finished.

At lvl 18, his shield ends up absorbing 510 hp.