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[Bowsette]

Preferably something not too late, I'm trying to fix my sleeping schedule >.>

[seakingtheonixpected]

All the League players get together and do a few games. 

Well I gathered that. Was wondering on the specifics, like attempting to break the meta or is just games.

[seakingtheonixpected]

Also, will it involve mics? because pre-mades without mics aren't nearly as fun.

[SpleenBeGone]

Just playing for fun.

There will be a mumble server for anyone that wants to join.

[Silver_rose]

I'm up for it.

[seakingtheonixpected]

Yeah it sounds good. I'm on break from school now until New Years so plenty of time.

[gigatime]

Do you think Yasuo will be LCS material?

[seakingtheonixpected]

No, Yasuo's abilities don't give him a lot of power, and he has little presence in team fights so I don't see him being used in pro leagues.

[gigatime]

I am watching eU LCS Promotional Tournament, and the first game between SK and SHC was close but SHC won team fights with beefy tanks. They had Randuin's Omen on 3 players and were just to tanky. Leading into the 2nd game they dominated the whole time and the game was mostly going around red's blue buff. I'm thinking they will only do well because of momentum. i think they only did well in the 2nd game from their first win. What do you think?

[Sethre]

In my opinion Yasuo seem's a bit to OP. Mostly just because he has a stun, and shield. So if someone were to play him correctly and use those two moves in sequence he could just completely annihilate his opponent. 

[Bowsette]

He's a mid champ, tons of them have stuns and shields. Such as Lux, or Morgana, or Orianna.

 

Pantheon is a fun mid too. Not the strongest, but definitely fun.

[seakingtheonixpected]

Yeah I've been playing Lux against him mid and everytime he is no challenge what so ever. The problem is his shield, while it looks good in theory only blocks ranged attacks that pass through it for a few seconds. Thus the only attack I have to worry about the shield with Lux is Q and honestly I use E way more.

 

his stun really only comes every three times so you have to be really good to actually use the stun properly without accidently unleashing it on minions instead. I pretty much dodged the stun everytime because he usually had to pass through my minion wave to try and use it on me.

 

Honestly I think they are miss placing Yasuo. If he has any place on the team then I'm liking it is probably in bottom lane. Either as an ADC counter or as a support. His shield would go well against say Ezreal or Lucian who uses pretty much completely ranged attacks. And his stun move is also a gap closer so it could take advantage of the fact that he is melee in fights against ranged characters.

 

Think about it, his W would pretty much makes Caitlyn's ult worthless. I'm guessing that is where he will eventually get placed.

[gigatime]

I was spectating my friends' game and im not gonna lie they are feeders, but some carry them and even they were feeding Yasuo. It was ridiculous, top lane riven losing to Yasuo who ended up going 14/3/1.

[Bowsette]

Having used Yasuo for a few games now, I can definitely say he's fun. I don't think he's OP though. It takes a lot of awareness to make him work, since you have to keep a count of your stacks as well as cooldowns. If an opponent can get past his skillshots, he's basically helpless since he has to be built AD to work. This results in him having to either go as a pure glass cannon (focus him first, gg) or give him HP gear that renders his attacks a minor annoyance at best.

 

He is very good for teamfights though, especially if you can initiate with his knock-up and ult. Remember, the knock-up breaks any channeled skill, so in theory he could shut down 5 enemy ults with one attack. Plus his ult keeps the other enemies around him knocked up longer, leaving them at the mercy of his team.

 

The downside to him is that he's a melee mid champ. He doesn't have the range to properly deal with opponents like Lux or Morgana, and he doesn't have an escape, so if they get past his wall, a stun leaves him waiting to respawn very quickly.

 

Really, it all comes down to learning to play him. People will always claim a new champ is OP, because until they actually get to play them, they don't know. Jinx for example was considered OP, but her main weakness comes from the lack of an escape. Yes, she has raw power, but she's an all-in champ. Most adcs are based around poking and getting out if things get too bad, Jinx can't do that. She has to commit entirely, which means if she's outmatched, she dies.

[seakingtheonixpected]

So just as I expected someone ended up going ADC with him, and he ended up being a serious force. Not sure if it will ever catch on, but it has been the position I've seen him played best so far.

[Bowsette]

There's no reason he has to be mid. I'd say he's as much a mid champion as Riven is, vayne, or even Master Yi after his rework. Yeah, you can play them mid, but there isn't a huge benefit of going mid over top.

 

Also, Yasou should be able to stomp morg. All you have to do is wall her bind and she has no potential threat for the next 11 seconds. I feel like Lux is largely the same, juking her e is fairly simple and by the time she has the mana regen to spam it you should have some form of resist if you can't dodge it.

He seems to be predominantly a mid champ. At least that's what I've seen, except for one person who decided to jungle with him. It didn't go well.

 

The problem with going against Morgana or Lux, that I can see, is his wall's cooldown kills it. If you pop it too early, you have no way out. And even with his dash, he hasn't got the range to get near a caster before they've put serious dents in his already weak HP.