What do you think about Yasuo support?

I wouldn't really see him being able to put up a whole lot compared to a Thresh or a Leona personally so I really don't see it becoming much of a thing, just like Lula mid recently.

 

In the last year or so supports have gone from playing defensive to being initiators of the fights. Yasuo doesn't have that option and I think that kinda devalues him as a support a lot.
The wall is definitely an awesome skill, but other than that he won't be bringing anything else to the fight.

 

He will need to hit 2 times with his Q first which is pretty much impossible. If he goes near to try and do it chances are he might be the one getting cought instead. Also the idea is that he should be able to do that without having to prepare for it before the fight. The perfect moment often comes when you least expect it and I'm sure if you have watched streams of pro players you've seen how quite often the support blinks to catch them off guard with a stun

 

Well, it surely can work, i mean Renekton support works as well, but the thing is how efficient really is, and also if that pick is working better somewhere else, right now Yasuo in my opinion is like a Yi/Trynda Splitpusher with the only difference that he can assassinate people easier if he has a proper team around him to trigger his ult.

So bottom line, I'm always supportive of new picks strategies and such, and i really enjoy the game more by having fun and not by winning, so considering these I think Yasuo Is an excellent support to have fun with, not really good if you are tryharding.

 

Yasuo's real strength is getting a lot of farm and kills early on and then just destroying everything. I understand that he has his tornado and can get to the enemy AD Carry easily, but so can Leona. And Thresh. And many more supports. They lack damage, but if you want to be able to burst down enemies as Yasuo, you won't be able to be as tanky as other supports. Funny thing is I actually play Fiddlesticks when I have to support. Huge damage with his crow at early levels if hit properly. Long fear later on. Tons of damage from his ultimate and Drain when he buys his first Ability Power items. Can actually be as strong as the mid AP Carry if you dominate the bot lane early on.

 

I don't think he's good as a support, in my opinion is was made for top as we can fight one on one pretty well and easily. That being said, maybe if the player is skilled enough maybe the support role works.

 

I think it works. His wind wall is the main reason why people think that he's a viable support. It may work at some times, but I really don't recommend it. It's quite wasteful to put his kind of potential in the support role. Late game, he can really carry the game by himself, so I think that putting him in the support role is a waste.

 

It is viable. Using w as wards and deflecting pulls etc.
Also using q as a knockup too. E for gap closing to them and then q for knockup.
Unless you spam q and act like a mid/top laner, it's probably really good. Maybe better than Thresh.

 

He has a problem because he's melee. He'd have to risk taking a lot of poke just to charge up his q. I see the idea of using his w to block projectiles but that's about it.

 

Honestly, if you had to go bot with Yasuo, he should be the "adc" since a lot of the support have abilities that proc Yasuo's ultimate. Janna and Lulu come to mind. The only ADC that can proc Yasuo's ultimate is Draven, and even then, it's a very small window.

 

I don't think it's very good but his windwall can be extremely annoying. Surprisingly, I've played against it a couple of times, along with ADC Yasuo, which is equally just as annoying.

 

Out of ranked I only have seen 2 yasuo supports. They both have lost to me in ranked. I feel like they aren't able to be gain that early lead because they cannot farm.

 

I don't think this is very viable. Because he is melee, it would be hard to get off free auto attacks without taking damage. His only form of CC would be his q, which would be difficult to charge due to his melee form against ranged ADCs and possibly a ranged support. Although he does a lot of damage, Yasuo needs items to be effective, and in the support role, it would be harder to obtain gold to get the spike items that Yasuo needs like Static Shiv or Infinity Edge.

 

I don't think its too viable at the moment after his health nerf. No enough utility to bring out.

 

Yasuo support could work in normals or in lower elo brackets. He has both strengths and weaknesses, but his weaknesses outweigh his strengths.

For starters, when windwall is down you have zero pressure. Their ADC will punish you really hard if you just try to walk up to them. He suffers from the same thing almost all assassins do, fragility. If their support lands a CC on you, you just lost the lane. You'll get chunked and be forced under tower and never able to trade again. Windwalls cooldown is too long to rely on it as CC prevention.

His second issue is his scaling. Its amazing. That means his bases are really low, something that does not lend itself to a support role. You want to be able to function with no or minimal items. To have any sort of role in a teamfight at all, you will need a Shiv. Not exactly easy to get on a support that also wants to build a bit tanky.

Obviously, these weaknesses are lessened at lower elos, as fewer players punish for your mistakes. Yasuo could most definitely function well in a kill lane, but you would need to bring along some killer burst or some CC for the lane. Jinx and Graves are the two that come to mind.

TL;DR - Yasuo can work outside ranked. Have fun with it.

 

Please don't do Yasuo support. Just don't.

 

Honestly I think Yasuo support gets outclassed by every single other support. First: what would you build? if you go full damage your team will suffer because you have no aura's etc.
Now for the main things supports can do: peel, initiate and ward control. Peeling is barely possible since you have one knock-up and that's it, your wind wall isn't going to stop the enemy maokai from flash-W'ing onto you. Initiating is possible but Yasuo gets severely outclassed by the likes of morgana, thresh and leona who all offer more CC spells while also being able to peel. Going for deep wards is also close to impossible since you have no reliable escapes except flash.

So no, Yasuo support is quite bad please don't play it

 

Agreed – two decent utility spells do not a good support champion make.

...At least he's a better support than Veigar currently is.