I noticed several things wrong with this guide. First off, Q max over E max is extremely situational, I saw you say in a previous comment that you max Q to decrease its cooldown, but its cooldown doesn't change with ranks, only attack speed and all you get is extra damage, whereas maxing E first you get more damage and a lower cooldown. So you only max Q vs melee matchups where you will be poking them with Q a lot. Also, I would argue that right now PD is better than Shiv 99% of the time, simply because its passive effect is too good for Yasuo in lane, but that is still more up to personal preference. But you recommend building Ravenous Hydra, Yasuo already has good wave clear built into his kit, if a little dangerous, but you are already building shiv. Once you have Shiv + IE, E-Q insta-clears caster minions and one melee and leaves the other melees at 1 AA or E each, so hydra is pointless for wave clear and you already deal AoE damage with Q, so the only time Hydra's AoE damage is worthwhile is if you are doing bad Qs, which the better solution would be to get better with the ability instead. Not to mention that BT gives you more life steal/ad and more effective health with its shield, and Bork gives you attack speed and is great for dueling, so both outclass Hydra as life steal items. Speaking of which, two life steal items is overkill when you can just grab a BT and an extra defensive item instead of Hydra and actually come out with more survivability.

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"This lane can go either way, but it is mostly in your favor. The only way to win this lane is if you have very quick reactions. You can block Katarina's Death Lotus with your windwall and that will remove the damage completely. Another thing you can do is knock her up with your third q and that will stop her ultimate immediately."

Other than that, great guide, (Are talons getting worse or what, i find them easier to deal with because of the squishy early game, and my high Q poke.)

I HIGHLY agree with maxing Q first, E secound.
Well done.

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wow this was such a good guide thank you so much man. i cant even begin to tell you how much this helped me. yasuo is one of my favorite champions and your guide showed me how to truly embrace the wonderfulness of this champion. best guide on this website!

@othermobasRbtr thanks, it tooke me while to expierement with what runes are the best for my play style. feel free to customize them. and thanks for catching that error i fixed it (:

I really like the rune page set up very safe but still a threat in the early game. btw u only have 1 ad quint in the runes

thanks a lot sismetic chaos! i appreciate it a lot.

Best guide... like I literally created an account just to give you thumbs up ;)

I have seen crit chance runes on some other guides too and I don't get it at all why you would use them on yasuo. Its so easy to get to 100%, just get the shiv and a cloak of agility and you're at 100. Just seems like a waste of runes. Why use them instead of more attack damage or speed?

I dont really understand why u would rush tri force. Because shiv has such a great passive and active that is great for yasuo's kit. you can look at almost every yasuo guide on here and they will all say to start shiv. but everyone has their own preference idrc.

Not a fan of shiv with yas to start. I only see it helping with me personally when im behind. But I like to start tri.

Thanks man! please vote for it if you like it (:

Best yasuo guide on here :P