Talk:Yasuo/@comment-12542695-20140124183928/@comment-9705522-20140124225043

err, no. zed wasnt broken at the beginning and only got "broken" with a meta change, better itemization (botrk anyone?) and general buffs to assasins in season 2. zyra was kind of broken. darius wasnt broken, although back then i didnt know it. sadness. "too many things" like? zed has ... damage, shadows that replicate damage and can be used to reposition and a slow ... and thats it. no utility. nothing like lee, who really has too much. zyra, same thing. pretty normal mage. 2 forms of cc, damage from skillshots and her plants which deal damage and maybe have some little utility. yasuo is a bit closer to "too much" but still doesnt have too much. as for counterplay, his champions have actually among the better counterplay. for example, zed. you can reduce zeds burst in half by just buying 1 item that also is good anyway and has a decent build path. qss. use it, and watch as his death mark disappears. or zhonyas, that works too. zyra is a mage and has mage-counterplay. in fact, the one champion who has something that has no counterplay wasnt designed by him, but by gypsylord. im of course talking about vi and her "you are going to get hit" ult. in fact, in my opinion its the opposite. CertainlyT is one of the better designers. darius was and is actually an amazing design. clear strengths, clear weaknesses, ups and downs, counters and so on. same goes for zyra (if she is support pick morgana and laugh at her, for example). his designs are also interesting (zeds shadows, zyras plants somewhat, yasuos stuff) and not stale stuff reused (like vi, whos ult is pretty much nautilus ult with direct followup).