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==== Riot basically turned his personality into mechanics: ====
* Passive — Way of the Wanderer: he “builds” a shield by moving, which is thematically perfect: keep moving or you die. Also boosted crit chance reinforces the high-risk, high-payoff identity. leagueoflegends.com<ref>{{cite web|title=leagueoflegends.com|url=https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/yasuo/|publisher=leagueoflegends.com|access-date=2025-12-18}}</ref>
* Q — Steel Tempest: disciplined repetition → mastery. Third cast tornado implies “skill chained into payoff.” leagueoflegends.com<ref>{{cite web|title=leagueoflegends.com|url=https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/yasuo/|publisher=leagueoflegends.com|access-date=2025-12-18}}</ref>
* W — Wind Wall: his most infamous “nope” button: a literal barrier of wind that denies projectiles. It’s a statement: Yasuo wins by refusing your plan, not by outlasting it. leagueoflegends.com<ref>{{cite web|title=leagueoflegends.com|url=https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/yasuo/|publisher=leagueoflegends.com|access-date=2025-12-18}}</ref>
* E — Sweeping Blade: constant re-positioning, threading through targets; it rewards aggression and map geometry. League of Legends Wiki<ref>{{cite web|title=League of Legends Wiki|url=https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Yasuo/LoL|publisher=League of Legends Wiki|access-date=2025-12-18}}</ref>
* R — Last Breath: requires airborne enemies; he’s a follow-through executioner who needs a setup window (by him or allies), then commits hard. leagueoflegends.com<ref>{{cite web|title=leagueoflegends.com|url=https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/champions/yasuo/|publisher=leagueoflegends.com|access-date=2025-12-18}}</ref>

===== Yasuo is built to feel like: momentum → outplay → consequence. When he’s ahead, he looks unstoppable; when he’s behind, every dash is a potential self-delete. That matches his lore: gifted, cornered, and one mistake away from disaster. =====