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[WIP] [6.14] [Top] The Last Breath, Yasuo Guide.

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Spells:

Ignite

Flash

Items

Starting Items

Starting Items #2

Rush

Rush (PD)

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Boot Option

- See 'Items' for more information.

Ability Order

Yasuo Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

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Introduction

Yasuo, a high mobility and DPS champion, that is accused for the slainment of his elder, using wind techniques that only Yasuo knew had to use. Now he fights to restore his honor, and return to Ionia.

About Me:
I have been playing this game since 1st of Januaray (2016) (Currently Ranked Gold:3), and I have never played a moba before. So I practiced, alot, and ended up finding Yasuo, a high moblity, with high DPS champion. I knew this was a good pick. I've been studying him via, guides, youtube videos, etc. This guide just combines them all and will hopefully help newer Yasuo players. Any questions just ask in the discussion. Thank you for reading.

Color Coding:
Blue = Things to note
Red = Important Information

Masteries

18/12/0 (Warlords)

:: This is for the extra attack speed to scale with .

:: This is for the risk-reward play style, this will help you duel.

:: This is great for sustain in the early game.

:: This is for more dueling power, you win a lane, it just makes you win it more.

:: The armor pen. is great on , gives you more tank shred.

:: When you get in nasty duels, this can help you survive. Also great for sustain.

:: This is good for early game pressure.

:: Gives you great dueling power over your mid opponent.

:: This will secure kills and give you more dueling power.

:: This allows you to 1v5 carry easier.

When to use: Use this page when you know you are going against a ranged champion and will receive alot of harass. This also is great combined with and

18/12/0 (Fervor of Battle)

:: This is for the extra attack speed to scale with .

:: This is for the risk-reward play style, this will help you duel.

:: This is great for sustain in the early game.

:: This is for more dueling power, you win a lane, it just makes you win it more.

:: The armor pen. is great on , gives you more tank shred.

:: This is my personal favorite now. It gives that extra early game damage and scales well into late game.

:: This is good for early game pressure.

:: Gives you great dueling power over your mid opponent.

:: This will secure kills and give you more dueling power.

:: This allows you to 1v5 carry easier.

When to use: Use this if you know your going to be putting a lot of pressure on your lane opponent, however, keep your poke constant, so you don't reset your fervor stacks.

12/0/18 (Grasp of the Undying)

:: This is for the extra attack speed to scale with your Q.

:: This is for the risk-reward play style, this will help you duel.

:: This is great for sustain in the early game.

:: This is for more dueling power, you win a lane, it just makes you win it more.

:: This is for more sustain and dueling power against your opponent.

:: This is also great for sustain against any melee heavy opponent.

:: This is great with 's kit, it works with .

:: This is so you get your flash/ignite up for some flashy plays.

:: This is so you don't get caught out (as easily) via CC.

:: Main part of this mastery page, this will help you vs. melee combat.

When to use: This page is good when you know you're going to be in a lot of hand-to-hand combat. This will out sustain your opponent, win trades, overall win the lane.

Runes

Flat attack damage Marks will help your early game scaling.

Flat armor Seals will give you sustain against AD opponents.

Flat magic resist Glyphs will help you with the many AP mid champions.

Flat attack damage Quintessence will give you more early game pressure.

Items

Item Recommendations:

Starting Items:

is a great starting item, it gives you life steal, health, and attack damage to help with early game pressure.

is a great starting item if you are new to and if you're playing a poke heavy (AD) opponent ex. Zed.

is a great starting item agaist AP burst match-ups, it gives you reliable damage early on, and will convent into hex drinker.

s are great for more sustain, combined with masteries and you shouldn't have to back until level 6 or when you opponent backs.

Core Items:

is a great item for , it synchronizes with his passive and enables some of the best wave clearing in the game. Not to mention, it gives you 60% crit and 35% attack speed. Build this item first.

is a optional item for , it works really well with his and gives 45% attack speed, and 60% crit. The damage reduction also works well with life steal and helps you survive nasty duels. Build this instead of

, another optimal item for , gives him great movement speed to catch those enemies to get your pentakill and gives you some attack speed to decrease your cooldown on your Q. Full build should result in a 1.33 second CD on Q. Build these second.

are another great, yet optional, item for yasuo, it will work good with and will help you with not getting kitted. Build these instead of

is another optimal item for , his crits do more damage and he receives 40% more crit to his kit. Combined with should result in 100% crit. Build this item third.

, another optimal item for , gives him attack damage, with a lot of life steal to offer insane dueling power. Build this item fourth.

is optimal item for , it gives him health and more % attack damage, this builds a more bruiser type , but you still output a lot of DPS. Build this item fifth.

is optimal item for , only if you are hardcore carrying, this will make you basically unkillable, and should win you the game.

is a great option for , gives a more bruiser type , and is great combined with and scales with . This is more of a safer option. Build instead of

is a optional item for , this item is great for the AD and its active gives you more dueling / escape potential. It also gives you great armor penetration. Build this item instead of .

is a great optional item for when the opposing team has many tanky champions. Be sure to get used to using actives, because this one will help you a lot. Build this instead of

is also a great option item for when the opposing team has mostly ability power champions. The lifeline shelid will help you win AP burst duels. Build this instead of

Pros / Cons

+Pros+

+ Great Duelist
+ Insane mobility around minions
+ Great scaling into late game
+ Passive shield wins early trades
+ Two Items = 100% Crit

-Cons-

- Squishy
- Vulnerable to CC
- Loses a part of his kit when not near minions
- Risk-Reward Playstyle
- Very team dependent (Knockups)
- Very high skill cap

Abilities

P:

NTENT: Yasuo's critical strike chance is doubled, but his critical strikes deal 90% damage, reduced to 75% damage on .

RESOLVE: Yasuo generates Flow for when he travels by any means. At maximum Flow, the next instance of champion or monster damage against Yasuo consumes all of his Flow and shields him from damage for up to 1 second.

Yasuo's Intent part of his passive makes Yasuo's kit unique, it doubles critical strike chances, at the cost of damage. His Resolve part of his passive can help him win early game trades and get you out of sticky situations.

Tips for :

-....Using flash or teleport resets flow
-....Using ultimate will reset flow
-....When ignited, flash or run, your shield will save you.

Q:

ACTIVE: Yasuo thrusts his sword forward, dealing physical damage to all enemies in a line. Steel Tempest can critically strike and will apply on-hit effects to the first enemy hit. Hitting an enemy grants Gathering Storm Gathering Storm for 10 seconds. At 2 stacks, Yasuo's next Steel Tempest is empowered and will consume all stacks.

EMPOWERED: Steel Tempest unleashes a whirlwind that travels an extended distance, dealing the same damage and Airborne icon knocking airborne all enemies hit. Yasuo can cast Steel Tempest during Sweeping Blade to change the area of effect a to circle about him, which does not benefit from Empowered's extended range. The cooldown and cast time of Steel Tempest is reduced by attack speed, down to a maximum 66% reduction.

Yasuo's Q is a great way to get maximum DPS with animation cancels, as well as the empowered Q can set yourself up for a ultimate. Max this ability second.

Tips for :

-....Try over raptor pit, you can get a stack and surprise your lane opponent.
-....Try animation cancel, by Q + AA.
-....You can in your ultimate.

W:

ACTIVE: Yasuo creates a gust of wind that travels forward to form a wall in front of him. The wall slowly drifts forward 50 units over 3.75 seconds, blocking all enemy projectiles with the exception of turret attacks.

Yasuo's windwall is a great way to win trades early game, or even get you/ally out of a nasty situation. Max last.

Tips for :

-....You can use for vision over walls.
-....You can use to block ultimates such as , , and .
-....You can use to animation cancel your empowered .

Changelog

(7/12/2016) Updated to 6.14.

(6/20/16) Fixed some match-up errors. Added Q and W to ability section. Spaced 'Starting Items'. Added Fervor of Battle to 'Masteries'. Added long sword > hex drinker to 'Starting Items'

(6/2/16) Added Swiftness Boots, updated for 6.11, added passive to ability section. Spaced 'item' section to be easier to read. Updated trinity Force description and use to match 6.11.

(5/21/16) Fixed Ability Sequence, added more mastery pages. Changed item situations and added new builds. Removed some unnecessary items from build. Added abilities section. Added + Changed match-ups.

(5/10/16) Guide Created