just wondering because yasuo is my favorite, and people call adc with him all the time. Just trying to confirm, it seems like the community is super split about it.
It's not a thing. He's not ranged and doesn't have consistent damage output. He's played mid and top where he builds damage and crit to complement his skillset with a lot of mobility and damage.
Yasu could be played bottom and do well - for a time, but what makes an adc an adc is the fact that they are ranged. ranged champions are able to do damage without taking damage (if they position properly).
a Melee champion will always take some damage when they engage. That is the nature of the game.
Even though yasu is a great attack damage carry, he can never fill the role of an adc because he simply isn't ranged.
In a 5v5 premade team, he could in some special cases work bottom lane but in solo queue it is not a good idea to nerf your team by not having an adc.
the only exception i can think of is it you have a vayne top or an ezreal mid. or some other strange adc not in bottom lane situation.
It'd definitely work if you were against level 10 players who do ap urgot botlane with full tank morgana but having Yasuo as a bot lane ADC (I'm assuming you mean Yasuo Marksman ADC not Melee Fighter/Glass Cannon Assassin ADC which would share the same items and role but be in different lanes) against another ADC who has range and most likely more utility will spell death for Yasuo. Caitlyn exists and that 650 vs 175 range would be a nightmare to handle.
Yasu could be played bottom and do well - for a time, but what makes an adc an adc is the fact that they are ranged. ranged champions are able to do damage without taking damage (if they position properly).
a Melee champion will always take some damage when they engage. That is the nature of the game.
Even though yasu is a great attack damage carry, he can never fill the role of an adc because he simply isn't ranged.
In a 5v5 premade team, he could in some special cases work bottom lane but in solo queue it is not a good idea to nerf your team by not having an adc.
the only exception i can think of is it you have a vayne top or an ezreal mid. or some other strange adc not in bottom lane situation.
tl;dr: no